The Department of Justice on Dec. 30 announced Ticketmaster agreed to a $10 million criminal fine as part of a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) to resolve charges that it repeatedly accessed the computer systems of a competitor without authorization to illegally gather business intelligence.

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