National CineMedia scraps plans for Screenvision deal after U.S. lawsuit

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The companies said "that after a thorough review of options" that it had decided to terminate the deal, which had been reached on May 5, 2014.

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit to stop it in November on antitrust grounds.

The case is U.S. v. National CineMedia Inc, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 14-08732.

(Reporting by Diane Bartz; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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