911 System
AT&T claims in court that the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services is using an illegal process for the state’s 911 system upgrade, which will require AT&T to publicly disclose prices.
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Feds Lose Bid to Block AT&T-Time Warner Merger
The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday upheld AT&T’s $85 billion purchase of Time Warner, bringing to a close the government’s effort to stop the blockbuster merger.
Read moreAntitrust Challenge to AT&T-Time Warner Merger Circles Drain
The Justice Department faced an uphill battle Thursday in its bid to have the D.C. Circuit block the $85 million merger of AT&T and Time Warner after a federal judge approved it unconditionally.
Read morePress Advocates File Brief in AT&T-Time Warner Case
An advocacy group for journalists claims in a friend-of-the-court brief filed Wednesday in a case involving AT&T’s planned acquisition of Time Warner that a judge’s denial of requests for Trump administration correspondence on the matter could impair media outlets’ future efforts to defend themselves against White House interference.
Read moreCourt Urged to Clear Way for AT&T-Time Warner Merger
AT&T accused the Justice Department Thursday of mischaracterizing and ignoring key findings by the judge who cleared the way in June for telecom giant’s $85 billion buyout of Time Warner.
Read moreJudge Sides With DirecTV in $4 Billion FTC Spat
Rejecting claims that DirecTV put out misleading ads, a federal judge on Thursday dealt a major blow to the Federal Trade Commission’s quest to claw back $4 billion in “unjust gains” from the AT&T-owned company.
Read moreMassive Data Thefts
A federal class action claims AT&T employees are engaging in SIM swap fraud, “a metastasizing cancer attacking customers and allowing hackers readily to bypass AT&T security to rob AT&T customers of valuable personal information and millions of dollars of cryptocurrency.”
Read moreFeds Take AT&T-Time Warner Merger Fight to DC Circuit
The Justice Department argued to the D.C. Circuit Monday that the judge who approved the $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger back in June relied on faulty logic.
Read moreFeds Appeal Merger Go-Ahead for AT&T, Time Warner
The government’s challenge to the blockbuster $85.4 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger got fresh oxygen Thursday as the Justice Department said it will appeal a federal judge’s approval of the merger.
Read moreJudge Approves AT&T Buyout of Time Warner, Condition-Free
Approving the $85 billion merger of AT&T and Time Warner, a federal judge found Tuesday that the government failed to show the deal would raise prices for consumers and harm competition.
Read moreAT&T CEO Laments Cohen Affiliation: ‘Big Mistake’
“There is no other way to say it,” AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said in a companywide memo Friday, “AT&T hiring Michael Cohen as a political consultant was a big mistake.”
Read moreCohen’s AT&T Cash Stirs Trouble for Justice Dep’t
Not quite overshadowed by the half-million that embattled Trump attorney Michael Cohen is said to have gotten from a Russian oligarch, consulting work Cohen did last year for the telecommunications giant AT&T has drawn questions from Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Congress.
Read moreDOJ Makes Final Arguments Against AT&T, Time Warner Merger
The Department of Justice made its final push Monday to block the $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger, asking a federal judge to either enjoin the merger or allow AT&T to buy only a portion of the content giant.
Read moreAT&T Arbitration Offer Singled Out Ahead of Merger Verdict
With the fate of AT&T’s $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner in the hands of one federal judge, antitrust experts say the company’s arbitration offer could shape the outcome of the case.
Read morePrice Points Spur Fight at AT&T Antitrust Trial
The government’s key expert witness in its antitrust lawsuit to block AT&T’s $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner had trouble Tuesday defending his analysis that the merger will raise consumer prices for pay-TV subscribers by $571 million by 2021.
Read moreAT&T Chief Calls Feds’ Antitrust Claims ‘Absurd’
AT&T’s chief executive Randall Stephenson rigorously defended his company’s proposed $85 billion merger with Time Warner on Thursday, calling the government’s argument that it would harm competition “absurd.”
Read moreTime Warner Chief Forcefully Defends Planned Merger
Time Warner’s chief executive forcefully defended his company’s proposed $85 billion merger with AT&T on the witness stand Wednesday, arguing that the company will fall behind innovative competitors without it.
Read moreFeds Dissect Rosy Take on Time Warner-AT&T Merger
Government attorneys turned up the heat Monday on an economist who testified in support of AT&T’s proposed $85 billion buyout of Time Warner.
Read moreExpert: AT&T-Time Warner Merger Will Cost Consumers Millions
The U.S. government’s antitrust lawsuit to block the $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger reached its apex Wednesday as its key expert witness testified the merger would cost consumers hundreds of millions annually.
Read moreTime Warner Executive Takes Stand in Antitrust Trial
Building its antitrust case over AT&T’s proposed buyout of Time Warner, government attorneys elicited testimony from one of the cable company’s own executives about benefits of a merger.
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