Fireworks in a Washington courtroom may portend a battle over merger law. Last week, District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan heard the latest round of arguments in the congressionally mandated review of the mergers between Verizon and MCI, and SBC and AT&T. Sullivan was taken aback when Verizon's lawyer bluntly suggested the judge had little power to unwind the deals. The startled judge -- who has repeatedly said he "won't be a rubber stamp" for the government -- nearly came off the bench.
December 05, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Fireworks in a Washington, D.C., courtroom don’t necessarily signal bad news for two telecommunications mergers under review by a federal judge, but they may portend a battle over merger law.
On Nov. 30, District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan heard the latest round of arguments in his review of the mergers between Verizon Communications Inc. and MCI Inc., and SBC Communications Inc. and AT&T Corp., which the Department of Justice approved in 2005.
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