Tag: AT&T
US: AT&T-Time Warner optimistic about DOJ’s merger appeal
Federal Appeals Court judges Thursday, December 6, questioned lawyers representing the Department of Justice (DOJ) about the government’s economic concerns regarding AT&T’s US$85 billion...
US: More opinions on AT&T-Time Warner merger at Appeals Court
Over the objections of AT&T and Time Warner’s merger, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has decided to permit 27 antitrust scholars to speak...
Appeals court to hear DOJ objection to AT&T deal on Dec....
A US appeals court will hear oral arguments on December 6 in the Justice Department’s (DOJ) fight against AT&T’s US$85.4 billion purchase of Time...
US: AT&T CEO raised idea of selling CNN to head off...
According to Bloomberg, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson floated the idea of selling CNN when he met with US antitrust officials last year in an...
US: Nine State Attorneys General support AT&T in TW suit
Nine state attorneys general–seven Republican and two Democratic–filed an amicus brief late Wednesday, September 26, in the US Court of Appeals for the DC...
US: FCC: “Court made error in approval of AT&T/Time Warner merger”
The Department of Justice's (DOJ) attempt to reverse the AT&T/Time Warner merger received some help on Monday, August 13, from an unexpected source: the...
US: CVS-Aetna avoid AT&T antitrust hurdle
According to Bloomberg, CVS has dodged one hurdle in its bid to buy insurer Aetna, as US antitrust enforcers don’t see competitive problems that...
US: Ex-AT&T lawyer joins Kilpatrick Townsend lawfirm
Patrick Pascarella, a former chief antitrust counsel to AT&T and former US Department of Justice antitrust division counsel, has joined Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton...
Uncle Sam Should Put Consumers First in Its AT&T Appeal
Posted by Bloomberg
Uncle Sam Should Put Consumers First in Its AT&T Appeal
By Tara Lachapelle
Antitrust officials from the US Justice Department say the judge that...
US: DOJ Delivers Appellate Argument Against AT&T/Time Warner Merger
The Justice Department (DOJ) plans to argue that the judge who approved AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner committed "fundamental errors of economic logic and...
