At its May 5 meeting, the House Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs committee reviewed an amendment to H.512 that adjusts the definition of "independent venue," preserves a 110% resale cap for smaller Vermont venues and removes a sentence that would have exempted large ticketing firms; lawmakers agreed to keep the bill focused on resale and revisit primary-ticketing rules next year.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc., the parent company of Ticketmaster, reached a tentative settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice aimed