State of New York et al v. Deutsche Telekom AG et al

  1. December 22, 2020

    The Biggest Rulings In Antitrust Cases Of 2020

    Over a dozen state-level enforcers lost their challenge of T-Mobile's merger with Sprint, the Federal Trade Commission suffered major appellate losses in its case against Qualcomm and in a generic drug case, and a private plaintiff scored a big win against Comcast in circuit court.

  2. April 17, 2020

    How T-Mobile And Sprint Beat A State-Led Merger Challenge

    T-Mobile and Sprint's trial win over a contingent of state-level enforcers in New York federal court was a major victory that helped set up the mobile carriers to close their $56 billion merger earlier this month. Here, Law360 looks at the trial strategy T-Mobile employed to prevail over the state attorneys general.

  3. March 11, 2020

    Remaining States Settle T-Mobile/Sprint Challenge

    T-Mobile and Sprint put one of the last hurdles to their tie-up behind them Wednesday with deals announced by attorneys general who had challenged the $56 billion merger that, among a number of service commitments, will comp the legal costs of the state enforcers who stuck with the case until the end.

  4. February 18, 2020

    NY Won't Appeal T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Challenge Loss

    A contingent of state-level enforcers challenging T-Mobile's purchase of Sprint has lost one of its leaders, as New York's attorney general said her office will not appeal a New York federal court ruling refusing to block the planned $56 billion merger.

  5. February 11, 2020

    T-Mobile, Sprint Beat State-Led Merger Challenge

    A New York federal court on Tuesday refused to block the planned $56 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, rejecting a states-led challenge of a deal that had won approval by the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Communications Commission.

  6. February 04, 2020

    ​​​​​​​Economists Barred From Weighing In On T-Mobile/Sprint Row

    A New York federal judge who oversaw a state-backed bench trial over the federally approved merger of T-Mobile and Sprint on Tuesday rejected an amicus brief by nine antitrust economists in support of the $56 billion deal.

  7. February 03, 2020

    States Urge Barring Economists' Input On Sprint/T-Mobile Deal

    Nine economists shouldn't be allowed to weigh in on the legality of the $56 billion merger of Sprint and T-Mobile because the mobile giants consulted with many of them about the tie-up, a group of states challenging the merger have told a New York federal court.

  8. January 15, 2020

    Sprint/T-Mobile Deal Will Lead To High Prices, Court Hears

    An attorney for a coalition of states challenging the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint on Wednesday made a final pitch to the New York federal judge, saying that consumers across the country risk paying billions of dollars more for wireless services if the proposed deal goes through.

  9. January 14, 2020

    Wash. Blasts DOJ For Undermining T-Mobile/Sprint Challenge

    Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson has stepped into a state-backed fight seeking to block T-Mobile's $56 billion takeover of Sprint, rebuking the Trump administration for undermining the states' independent role in enforcing antitrust laws after claiming that the challengers cannot argue the country's interest. 

  10. December 20, 2019

    Feds Assert 5G, Rural Needs Over AGs' T-Mobile/Sprint Row

    Federal regulators on Friday jumped into the trial over T-Mobile's bid to buy Sprint by defending their deals to permit the merger and warning that state enforcers' merger challenge wrongly elevates pricing concerns over the buildout of next-generation wireless, seemingly pitting rural needs against those of urban jurisdictions.

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