September 17, 2018
AMC reached a settlement agreement with a Houston theater claiming the chain illegally blocked its access to first-run films, bringing an end to the antitrust suit days before a trial was set to commence in Texas federal court.
August 21, 2018
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday denied AMC's bid to end an antitrust suit brought by a Houston theater claiming the chain illegally blocked access to first-run films, saying Viva's evidence, though "precarious," is sufficient to survive summary judgment.
May 11, 2018
AMC is asking a Texas federal judge for a quick win in a Houston theater's suit accusing the nation's largest movie theater chain of illegally blocking access to first-run films, arguing that antitrust laws are intended to protect competition, not individual competitors.
June 15, 2017
A defunct Houston theater accusing AMC of anti-competitively blocking access to first-run films hit back at the theater chain's sanctions bid, telling a Texas federal court Wednesday that AMC is making hay out of discovery delays caused by unavoidable technical problems.
June 01, 2017
AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. asked a Texas federal court on Wednesday to force a small Houston-based theater that has accused it of blocking access to first-run films to pay a portion of AMC's attorneys' fees as sanctions for "otherwise needless costs" incurred through delays in the discovery process.
August 16, 2016
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday refused to toss an antitrust suit in which shuttered Spanish-language movie theater Viva Cinemas Theaters and Entertainment LLC accuses AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. of illegally squeezing it out of the Houston market by blocking it from getting new releases.
July 30, 2015
Shuttered Spanish-language movie theater Viva Cinemas Theaters and Entertainment LLC fired back Wednesday at AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc.'s bid to toss its Texas federal antitrust suit accusing AMC of illegally squeezing it out of the Houston market by blocking it from getting new releases, saying AMC is downplaying its strong-armed bullying tactics.
June 12, 2015
Theater chain AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. asked a Texas federal judge to toss a Spanish-language movie theater's antitrust suit on Thursday, saying legitimate competition, not unlawful conduct, brought about the theater's demise.
April 21, 2015
A shuttered Spanish-language movie theater filed an antitrust suit against AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. in Texas federal court on Monday, accusing the nation's second largest movie exhibitor of illegally squeezing it out of the Houston area market by blocking the smaller cinema from getting new releases.