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USA v.Paramount Pictures Corp

  1. August 07, 2020

    DOJ Can Now Cut Decades-Old Film Industry Antitrust Rules

    Hollywood has changed so much since its golden age that 70-year-old antitrust rules directing how the country's biggest studios deal with movie theaters are no longer relevant or necessary, a New York federal court decided Friday.

  2. February 03, 2020

    DOJ Says Film Antitrust Rules Protect Public, Not Theaters

    The U.S. Department of Justice defended its plan to terminate rules that have governed major film studios for 70 years, telling a New York federal judge that theater owners are looking out only for themselves while it alone "is the representative of the public interest."

  3. January 21, 2020

    Theater Owners Fight DOJ's Bid To Nix Longtime Protections

    Trade groups representing theater owners have urged a New York federal court not to let the Justice Department terminate rules that have governed major film studios for 70 years, saying the protections are more important now than ever.