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Judge puts AT&T/T-Mobile challenge on hold while companies contemplate fate
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
A US federal court has granted a joint motion to pause the US Department of Justice’s lawsuit against the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger, casting even more doubt on the deal’s chances for survival.
AT&T/T-Mobile on the brink as DoJ calls for trial delay
Monday, 12 December 2011
The US Department of Justice’s antitrust division (DoJ) has requested a court to postpone or dismiss its lawsuit against the merger between AT&T and T-Mobile, in a move that could scupper the US$39 billion deal.
AT&T withdraws FCC application to focus on DoJ case
Friday, 25 November 2011
AT&T and Deutsche Telekom, parent of T-Mobile, have withdrawn their merger application before the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), announcing their decision to concentrate on the Department of Justice’s antitrust division’s (DoJ) hearing instead.
Judge limits Sprint discovery
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Sprint Nextel has lost its bid to gain full access to documents that rival telecoms company AT&T submitted to the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division (DoJ) for its proposed takeover of T-Mobile USA.
Sprint cries foul over blocked access to documents
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Lawyers from Sprint Nextel say a US federal court was wrong to bar the company from accessing documents produced in the government’s challenge of the blockbuster AT&T/T-Mobile merger.
US judge clears path for AT&T/T-Mobile trial
Friday, 23 September 2011
A federal judge has cleared the way for the US government’s challenge of a merger between telecom heavyweights AT&T and Deutsche Telecom’s T-Mobile to go to trial.
DoJ “fails” to understand the benefits of an AT&T/T-Mobile merger
Monday, 12 September 2011
AT&T and rival T-Mobile have begun defending their high-profile proposed merger in court. The companies claim the deal would have no negative effect on an “intensely competitive” US wireless telecoms market.
Pozen defends role of merger guidelines in AT&T/T-Mobile challenge
Wednesday, 07 September 2011
The head of the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division today defended the role of the country’s new merger guidelines in the government’s challenge of a proposed tie-up between AT&T and T-Mobile. Ron Knox in New York
Observers question likelihood of AT&T/T-Mobile trial
Thursday, 01 September 2011
Although the US Department of Justice’s challenge of the proposed merger between wireless carriers AT&T and T-Mobile is poised to be its largest in years, observers say the chances of the lawsuit reaching trial are in question.
DoJ sues to stop AT&T/T-Mobile
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
The US Department of Justice’s antitrust division has sued to block AT&T’s proposed acquisition of rival mobile phone company T-Mobile in one of the highest-profile US merger challenges in at least a decade.
Firm to use arbitration to fight AT&T/T-Mobile deal
Thursday, 28 July 2011
A litigation boutique has struck out against US telecommunication company AT&T’s takeover of rival T-Mobile, by using arbitration to try to block the deal.
Kohl asks agencies to block AT&T/T-Mobile
Thursday, 21 July 2011
Senator Herb Kohl has told the US Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission that they should block AT&T’s proposed US$39 billion merger with rival T-Mobile because of the deal’s potential harm to competition and consumers.
Hesse joins FCC to examine AT&T/T-Mobile
Thursday, 19 May 2011
The US Federal Communications Commission has hired Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati LLP partner and former Department of Justice official Renata B Hesse to help review AT&T’s contentious merger with rival T-Mobile.
Class approved in iPhone litigation
Premium Article - Monday, 12 July 2010
A US federal judge has ruled that Apple and AT&T Mobility must face a class of plaintiffs who allege that the companies abused their monopoly power by not disclosing the true terms of their agreement to provide wireless service to Apple’s iPhone.
AT&T/Centennial gets DoJ approval
Premium Article - Wednesday, 14 October 2009
US telecoms company AT&T has been cleared to acquire rival communications company Centennial, subject to conditions.
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