CNET: Justice Department won’t appeal AT&T-Time Warner decision.

The cloud of legal uncertainty surrounding AT&T’s merger with Time Warner has lifted.

A US Appeals Court on Tuesday rejected a bid to unwind the merger between the companies. The merger was completed last year, following a six-week trial in which the US Department of Justice failed to convince a trial judge that the $85 billion merger would curtail competition and harm consumers.

The Justice Department said in a statement that it won’t pursue the case further, which means it won’t appeal the decision to the US Supreme Court.

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