On January 15th, the Department of Justice announced it has ended its two-year review of the 80-year old consent decrees that govern the operation of the largest music
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Seventy Years Later, It’s Curtains for Paramount Decrees
Many of us will remember 2020 as the year that the theatrical exhibition business irrevocably changed. Our last blog covered the landmark agreement between Universal Pictures and AMC, the world’s
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DOJ Announces Move to Terminate Paramount Consent Decrees, Let Studios Back Into Exhibition
In a move that could upend the US theatrical exhibition landscape, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice has announced that it will seek court approval to terminate the
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TV or Not TV: Does Academy’s Push to Block Streaming Services From the Oscars Violate Antitrust Law?
A change in the rules for Oscar eligibility proposed by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) may violate antitrust laws, according to the Department of Justice.