In a 172-page ruling released Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon switched on a bright green light for corporate America: the $85-billion AT&T/Time Warner merger deal was found not to be harmful to consumers, striking down a block put in place by the Trump administration’s Department of Justice.

In Philly, the ruling means good news for Comcast NBCUniversal, the telecom giant that is looking to acquire parts of 21st Century Foxand British broadcaster Sky.

Per Rutgers University professor Michael Carrier, an antitrust and intellectual property lawyer who co-leads the university’s Institute for Information Policy and Law, the thorough, fact-laden opinion paves the way for Comcast aspirations to become an even bigger, international company.

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