The Justice Department settled its antitrust lawsuit Thursday against AT&T Inc.’s DirecTV, that alleged the satellite broadcaster had illegally shared information with rival pay-TV operators at a time when all were resisting carriage of a sports channel owned by the Los Angeles Dodgers. The settlement bars DirecTV and AT&T from illegally sharing confidential, forward-looking information with competitors. The Justice Dept. said DirecTV was “the ringleader in a series of unlawful information exchanges” with its...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 23, 2017 23:37 UTC