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By Brian Womack of the Dallas Business Journal
The U.S. Department of Justice isn’t done with AT&T (NYSE: T) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX).
According to legal filings submitted Thursday, the government is appealing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit after it lost the case last month that sought to block the tie-up of the two companies.
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon on June 12 rejected the federal government’s petition, giving the green light to the $85 billion deal, according to court documents. The deal wrapped up just days later.
AT&T was swift in its response.
“The court’s decision could hardly have been more thorough, fact-based, and well-reasoned,” David McAtee, AT&T general counsel, said in a prepared statement. “While the losing party in litigation always has the right to appeal if it wishes, we are surprised that the DOJ has chosen to do so under these circumstances. We are ready to defend the court’s decision.”
McAtee led a team of lawyers from AT&T that helped score the successful trial outcome June 12. Other AT&T lawyers on the trial team included assistant general counsel Bill Drexel, assistant GC David Lawson, assistant GC James Meza III, senior legal counsel and appellate law expert Heather New, corporate counsel over external affairs Krissy Turner and senior legal counsel Brendan McMurrer.
AT&T and Time Warner’s outside lawyers for the trial an army of 70 lawyers from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and O’Melveny & Myers. From Gibson Dunn, McAtee selected Dallas partner Rob Walters as, a longtime friend and former GC of Energy Future Holdings, to lead the trial. Other Dallas Gibson Dunn lawyers on the trial team included Mike Raiff and Sean Royall.
Read the DBJ’s full article here.
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