AT&T/TW an Atypical DOJ Vertical Merger Challenge, FSF Says
DOJ has challenged numerous other vertical mergers in the past, but its lawsuit to block AT&T/Time Warner is notably different in that, unlike those others, it doesn't have parties agreeing to behavioral conditions that let the deal go forward, Free…
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State Foundation's Theodore Bolema blogged Friday. The last time the U.S. government went to court to force structural changes to a merger was in 1979, and the FTC lost, he said. FSF has been skeptical of DOJ chances in blocking AT&T/TW (see 1802080045). DOJ didn't comment.