https://www.cnet.com/news/at-t-adds-customers-as-the-courtroom-decides-time-warner-deal/

The fate of the AT&T -- and potentially all media deals -- is in the hands of a judge on the US District Court for the District of Columbia. 

It's in the courtroom of Judge Richard Leon that AT&T and Time Warner are battling with the Justice Department over their right to merge, bringing together one of the largest telecom providers in the country with one of the highest profile media companies. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson and Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes have poked holes in the concerns that the deal would hurt competition, and both believe the combination would allow them to better compete against tech titans like Google and Netflix.