WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday set a Dec. 7 pre-trial hearing in the Justice Department's complaint seeking to block AT&T Inc's (>> AT&T) proposed acquisition of Time Warner Inc (>> Time Warner).

Judge Richard Leon, who is overseeing the case, announced the hearing date in an order.

(Reporting by Diane Bartz; Editing by Leslie Adler)

Stocks treated in this article : Time Warner, AT&T