Updated on Aug. 6 at 3:50 p.m. Sidley Austin O'Melveny & Myers Monday filed its opening brief

"This appeal arises from the first vertical merger case the United States has needed to litigate to judgment in four decades, a fact that reflects the government's high standard for bringing such actions and the widespread harm this merger will cause. The outcome of this appeal will shape the future of the media and telecommunications industries for years to come by setting the standard for determining whether industry participants will be permitted to merge into vertically integrated firms that control valuable programming content as well as the means of distributing that content to consumers."

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Update: This report was updated to include a link to the Justice Department's opening brief in the D.C. Circuit.