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Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Sep. 2, 2011

Many firsts in U.S. bid to block AT&T merger

If the Department of Justice is successful in blocking AT&T's merger with T-Mobile, the Texas-based company stands to lose $3 billion and take the record for the largest reverse break up fee paid in history.


By Robert Pierce


Daily Journal Staff Writer


If the Department of Justice is successful in blocking AT&T's merger with T-Mobile, the Texas-based company stands to lose $3 billion and take the record for the largest reverse breakup fee paid in history.


In a civil antitrust lawsuit filed Wednesday, the DOJ said the proposed merger would lessen competition in the mobile communications industry, leading to higher prices, poorer quali...

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