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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. AT&T INC. et al

  1. July 31, 2018

    AT&T Merger Trial Transcripts Go Public After DOJ Push

    The D.C. district court judge who oversaw the U.S. Department of Justice's trial challenging the AT&T-Time Warner deal unsealed most of the bench conference transcripts on Tuesday, after the government asked the appeals court last week to make them public.

  2. July 13, 2018

    3 Issues To Watch As DOJ Appeals AT&T-Time Warner Loss

    The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday that it plans to appeal a D.C. federal court ruling last month that nixed its challenge to AT&T Inc.'s now-completed $85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner Inc. While the antitrust community waits to see what points the government raises on appeal, experts say there are a few things to keep in mind.

  3. July 12, 2018

    DOJ Takes AT&T-Time Warner Merger Appeal To DC Circ.

    The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that it would be appealing to the D.C. Circuit after its antitrust challenge to AT&T Inc.'s $85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner Inc. was resoundingly rejected by a district court judge last month.

  4. July 02, 2018

    The Biggest M&A Moments Of 2018's First Half

    The first half of 2018 featured a hostile takeover bid halted by a presidential decision, a major antitrust win for media tie-ups, and a shareholder activism campaign that sent a deal into a fatal tailspin. Here, Law360 recaps the most headline-worthy M&A moments of the first six months of the year.

  5. June 15, 2018

    DOJ Won't Seek Stay, AT&T Closes $85B Time Warner Deal

    AT&T Inc. said late Thursday that it has closed its $85.4 billion deal for Time Warner Inc., after the U.S. Department of Justice agreed not to seek a stay of the D.C. district court ruling that rejected the government's merger challenge earlier this week.

  6. June 14, 2018

    What The Time Warner Case Means For Antitrust Enforcement

    The federal government was dealt a heavy blow this week when U.S. District Judge Richard Leon soundly rejected its first court challenge to a purely vertical merger in decades, and the outcome of the AT&T-Time Warner trial provides some guidance about what to expect from future enforcement efforts.

  7. June 13, 2018

    AT&T-Time Warner Ruling Paves Way For Industry Overhaul

    The telecommunications and media space is poised for an overhaul now that a D.C. federal judge has approved AT&T's $85.4 billion Time Warner buy, with the ruling squashing doubt about the vertical merger's effect on competition after a challenge by the U.S. Department of Justice.

  8. June 13, 2018

    3 Takeaways From Judge Leon's Ruling On Time Warner Deal

    U.S. District Judge Richard Leon rejected the government's challenge of AT&T's planned purchase of Time Warner on Tuesday, finding fault with the U.S. Department of Justice's economic analysis suggesting likely harm from the deal as well as other evidence that sought to support those claims. Here, Law360 takes a look at the judge’s opinion for a glimpse of what went wrong for the DOJ.

  9. June 12, 2018

    AT&T, Time Warner Merger Cleared, DOJ Warned Against Stay

    AT&T can complete its $85 billion purchase of Time Warner in a major transformation of the pay-TV landscape, a D.C. federal judge ruled Tuesday, rejecting U.S. Department of Justice efforts to block the merger and warning that blocking it pending appeal would be an "injustice."

  10. May 30, 2018

    Media Giants Balk At Cable Group's Fix For AT&T-TW Deal

    Media giants Walt Disney Co., Fox and CBS pushed to intervene in the U.S. Department of Justice's challenge to AT&T's $85 billion merger with Time Warner, arguing Tuesday that the American Cable Association's proposed antitrust remedy for the deal would endanger their confidential licensing agreements.

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