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Thursday, March 19, 2026

Simpson Thacher Error Prompts UK Competition Watchdog to Extend Decision Deadline

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"Due to the substantial prejudice caused by this settlement and DOJ's abrupt exit after taking the lead role up to and during the first week of trial, a mistrial is warranted," more than 20 plaintiff states wrote in a motion for a mistrial after the U.S. Department of Justice informed a Manhattan federal judge that the Justice Department will no longer participate in the antitrust jury trial proceedings against defendants Live Nation and Ticketmaster.

Blake presided over thousands of cases as a federal jurist, including an antitrust case the U.S. Department of Justice voluntarily dismissed in 2022 after Blake allowed government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton to consummate its $440 million acquisition of EverWatch.



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