UPDATE
Lawyers for the 13 Attorneys General of 12 states and the District of
Columbia are moving forward with their litigation to block T-Mobile’s
acquisition of Sprint. Filed before the carrier’s deal with the
Department of Justice was announced, the AGs originally asked a federal
court for an expedited trial date. The trial is set to begin October 7.
Today, during a status hearing in New York, the states will ask the
court to delay the trial. That will give the states time to revise their
case to account for the DOJ’s proposal, reports The Hill.
The DOJ last Friday approved a merger that would require T-Mobile and
Sprint to spin off significant assets to Dish, in order for the
satellite television distributor to create a competing fourth major,
nationwide mobile wireless network. While five state AGs eventually
sided with the DOJ on the transaction, the 13 holdouts did not. Continue Reading
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