The Federal Trade Commission (FTC ) has filed a lengthy lawsuit against Live Nation and Ticketmaster, seeking a permanent injunction against what it describes as years of “systemic unfair and deceptive practices.”

Joined by seven state attorneys general and the Utah Division of Consumer Protection, the 84-page federal complaint filed in the Central District of California seeks monetary relief, civil penalties and restitution for alleged violations of the FTC Act, the Better Online Ticket Sales Act (also known as the BOTS Act) and various state consumer protection statutes.

The lawsuit seeks to penalize Live Nation for failing to enforce the BOTS Act — an eight-year-old law the FTC is charged with enforcing but has only enforced two times in nearly a decade.

The lawsuit represents a seco

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