It is not only opposition from T-Mobile customers that AT&T faces in its plan to merge with T-Mobile. The United States Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit on the grounds that the merger of the nation's second-largest wireless provider with the...
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Department of Justice files suit to block AT&T merger
A proposed merger between communications giant AT&T and rival company T-Mobile is being challenged by antitrust regulators. The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit attempting to block the $39 billion dollar merger between the two companies.The joining...
Department of Justice files suit to block AT&T merger
A proposed merger between communications giant AT&T and rival company T-Mobile is being challenged by antitrust regulators. The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit attempting to block the $39 billion dollar merger between the two companies.The joining...
AT&T seeks to end arbitration in T-Mobile merger
Communications giant AT&T is engaged in talks to purchase rival provider T-Mobile to the outrage of some of its customers who have joined in a class action lawsuit to stop the merger. In an attempt to end arbitration claims made by the group of eight customers,...
AT&T seeks to end arbitration in T-Mobile merger
Communications giant AT&T is engaged in talks to purchase rival provider T-Mobile to the outrage of some of its customers who have joined in a class action lawsuit to stop the merger. In an attempt to end arbitration claims made by the group of eight customers,...
Congressman urges careful evaluation of AT&T/T-Mobile merger plan
AT&T Inc's proposal for the acquisition of T-Mobile USA, a $39 billion merger, has led to pressure on antitrust regulators to quash the plan. Congressman Lamar Smith, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, called such opposition one-sided. He made the...
Congressman urges careful evaluation of AT&T/T-Mobile merger plan
AT&T Inc's proposal for the acquisition of T-Mobile USA, a $39 billion merger, has led to pressure on antitrust regulators to quash the plan. Congressman Lamar Smith, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, called such opposition one-sided. He made the...
U.S. utility mergers encountering fewer obstacles for approval
In 2006, state officials repeatedly shot down attempts for a merger between Exelon and Public Service Enterprise Group Inc., a utility company based in Newark, New Jersey. Antitrust regulators were concerned that such a move might allow the resulting company to...
New Jersey and Canadian companies to merge
Clement Pappas and Company Inc., the operator of a canning company based in Seabrook, New Jersey, has agreed to a merger with the Quebec-based firm, Lassonde Industries. Lassonde will possess a majority of the merged companies. Clement Pappas will be run as a...
Two major New Jersey health care providers merge
A merger between Newton Memorial Hospital and one of the largest New Jersey not-for-profit hospital systems was recently approved. Like many New Jersey mergers, this health care merger is expected to result in improved customer service and increased cost efficiency....


