November 25, 2019
Texas dropped its opposition to the T-Mobile-Sprint merger Monday, leaving only states with Democratic attorneys general remaining in a suit seeking to block the $56 billion telecom tie-up on antitrust grounds only weeks before the sides are set to face off at trial.
November 21, 2019
A New York federal judge on Thursday shot down a bid by the U.S. Department of Justice to intervene in several states' effort to block Sprint and T-Mobile's planned merger, saying that it was "inexcusable" that the attempt to disqualify the states' lead counsel at Munger Tolles & Olson was filed so late.
November 20, 2019
Sprint and T-Mobile told a New York federal court that they share the Justice Department's concerns about Munger Tolles & Olson LLP representing the contingent of states suing to block their merger, but asked that the trial not be postponed even if the firm gets disqualified.
November 18, 2019
Academic studies that look at how telecom mergers affected competition in markets outside the U.S. don't belong at a trial aiming to block the $56 billion tie-up of Sprint and T-Mobile, the telecom giants have told a New York federal judge.
November 14, 2019
Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, the firm helping a contingent of states challenge Sprint and T-Mobile's planned merger, told a New York federal court on Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to disqualify it comes too late and is devoid of merit.
October 21, 2019
Colorado on Monday became the second state to drop out of a lawsuit challenging the planned tie-up between Sprint and T-Mobile after cutting a deal that includes coverage promises and the location of Dish Network's new wireless headquarters.
October 01, 2019
T-Mobile's parent company fired back Tuesday at state attorneys general who complained that the company is withholding documents relevant to the court battle over its planned Sprint merger, telling a New York federal judge the AGs had needlessly escalated a discovery dust-up.
September 30, 2019
A group of states suing to block the planned $56 billion Sprint-T-Mobile merger told a New York federal court on Monday that T-Mobile's parent company Deutsche Telekom is improperly withholding thousands of pages of documents in the case.
September 26, 2019
A New York federal magistrate judge has refused to change the scheduled December trial dates for a challenge to the $56 billion Sprint-T-Mobile merger by a group of state attorneys general despite concerns from the telecom giants that the trial might run through the year-end holidays.
September 18, 2019
States suing to block the merger of Sprint and T-Mobile have urged a New York federal court not to move the scheduled trial date up a week in order to avoid a potential conflict with the year-end holidays, saying it would hinder their preparation efforts.