Tag: AT&T
US: DoJ settles DirecTV’s Dodgers channel illegal info-sharing suit
The Justice Department reached a settlement with AT&T unit DirecTV, which it had accused of illegally swapping information with rival pay-TV providers about negotiations...
US: Dem senators ask AT&T and Time Warner to show merger’s...
Democratic senators signed a letter this week asking AT&T and Time Warner to illustrate how their proposed merger “would serve the public interest.”
Signatories to the...
US: Trump’s CEO meetings raise concerns
President-elect Donald Trump’s meetings with CEOs seeking federal approval for major mergers are raising red flags for ethics lawyers concerned about the possible erosion...
US: AT&T exec meets with Trump on Time Warner deal
Donald Trump is slated to meet with top AT&T executives Thursday to discuss the company's proposed $85.4 billion bid for Time Warner, according to...
Crony Capitalism and Antitrust
Maurice Stucke, Oct 31, 2011
This flexibility in legal standards is attractive to testifying experts, lobbyists, and antitrust counsel who "know" and "can work" with...
Oops, They Did it Again: What We Didn’t Learn From U.S....
Larry Downes, Oct 31, 2011
On Aug 31, 2011, the Department of Justice, joined later by seven state attorneys general filed suit to block AT&T's...
Can the President of the United States Order the Attorney General...
Anant Raut, Oct 31, 2011
Last month, 15 Democrats and 100 Republicans signed separate letters endorsing the proposed AT&T-T-Mobile merger and urging the Obama administration...
