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Breaking: AT&T Sues in Federal Court to Stop Merger-Blocking Arbitration Effort

in Mobile on August 12, 2011 at 5:04 pm PT

Aiming to keep its T-Mobile acquisition on track, AT&T said late Friday that it has filed eight federal suits aimed at thwarting a law firm’s attempt to block the deal via arbitation.
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Law Firm Says 1,000 Customer Arbitration Cases Filed Seeking to Stop AT&T-T-Mobile Deal

in Mobile on August 9, 2011 at 4:27 pm PT

A law firm hoping to use arbitration complaints to stop AT&T’s planned $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile said on Tuesday that more than 1,000 people have agreed to file challenges to the deal.
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AT&T Customers File Arbitration Cases Seeking to Block T-Mobile Merger

in News on July 22, 2011 at 10:37 am PT

A New York law firm has filed arbitration cases on behalf of 11 AT&T customers in hopes of blocking the company’s planned $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA. Although the deal already requires approval from the Department of Justice and Federal Communications Commission, the firm is seeking to represent individual AT&T customers that want to bring their own legal challenges to the deal.
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Power.com Suit Against Facebook Is Dismissed

in News on October 23, 2009 at 2:52 pm PT

A U.S. District Judge dismissed a lawsuit against Facebook by Power.com Thursday, the latest move in a back-and-forth legal battle between the two social-media services.