April 01, 2020
A D.C. federal judge signed off Wednesday on the U.S. Department of Justice deal clearing T-Mobile's purchase of Sprint, the same day the companies closed the massive tie-up after undergoing intense congressional scrutiny and challenges from consumers and state attorneys general.
February 05, 2020
T-Mobile and Sprint urged a D.C. federal court Tuesday to decide whether it's going to clear the mobile giants' deal with the U.S. Department of Justice that would allow their $56 billion tie-up to move forward.
February 04, 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice railed on a request from challengers of the Sprint and T-Mobile merger settlement that the D.C. federal judge reviewing the deal take into account evidence from a related state-backed challenge, arguing Monday the proposition is "unworkable."
January 30, 2020
The D.C. federal judge overseeing a review of the Justice Department's settlement clearing T-Mobile's merger with Sprint has rejected a proposed brief from a company suing the government over preferential treatment Dish Network allegedly received in a spectrum auction.
January 27, 2020
Economists, industry groups and public advocates submitted a slew of briefs taking predicable positions on the U.S. Department of Justice deal clearing T-Mobile's purchase of Sprint, which conditioned the tie-up on promises from the merging companies to rapidly roll out next-generation wireless technology and on Dish's prospects as a new national wireless competitor.
January 24, 2020
A telecom suing the government over preferential treatment Dish Network allegedly received in a spectrum auction wants to weigh in on the separate legal challenge to Sprint and T-Mobile's megamerger, telling a D.C. federal judge that the outcome of the auction case will have bearing on the merger litigation.
January 13, 2020
A D.C. federal judge overseeing the government's settlement allowing T-Mobile to buy Sprint has approved the appointment of former Facebook general counsel Theodore W. Ullyot to monitor compliance with the $56 billion deal should it get greenlighted by the court.
January 10, 2020
A D.C. federal judge poised to rule on the U.S. Department of Justice's deal approving Sprint and T-Mobile's tie-up on Friday said he would allow outside parties to weigh in on the planned $56 billion merger.
January 09, 2020
The D.C. federal judge set to rule on the U.S. Department of Justice's deal clearing Sprint and T-Mobile's tie-up has declared that he won't wait for a state-backed challenge to play out before he hands down his decision.
December 10, 2019
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a D.C. federal court to appoint a former Facebook general counsel to monitor compliance with the agency's settlement clearing the merger between Sprint and T-Mobile with the sale of prepaid businesses and spectrum to Dish.