New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti has announced that his office is joining the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a bipartisan group of six other state attorneys general in a lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation Entertainment, over alleged ticket scalping practices that have left fans paying inflated prices.

The lawsuit, filed in the Central District of California, claims that Ticketmaster knew professional ticket brokers were breaking ticket purchase limits on its website.

These brokers allegedly created hundreds of fake accounts and used automated software with proxy IP addresses to buy thousands of tickets at once, pushing ordinary fans out.

According to the complaint, Tic...