The Department of Justice claimed Live Nation and Ticketmaster’s conduct is “anticompetitive and illegal” as it announced a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit seeking to break up the companies. Attorney General Merrick Garland took Live Nation to task during a press conference after filing the suit on May 23. “We allege that Live Nation has illegally monopolized markets across the concert industry in the United States for far too long,” Garland said.