Media Companies Seek To Dismiss COVID Misinformation Policy-Based Antitrust Suit

Mealey's (April 19, 2023, 2:41 PM EDT) -- AMARILLO, Texas — A group of media companies moved a Texas federal district on April 18 to dismiss a lawsuit by online publishers alleging that the media companies were in violation of antitrust laws in effecting a group boycott against the publishers’ content under the guise of preventing COVID-19 misinformation, arguing that the publishers failed to plead any anti-competitive behavior or that they were injured from any anti-competitive practice....