DOJ ready to take AT&T to court: Attorney General

[Playinghardball]

Source: Raw Story
By Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON — US Department of Justice lawyers “are ready and eager to go to court” in a bid to block AT&T’s $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile, Attorney General Eric Holder assured lawmakers on Tuesday.

“The Justice Department does not file matters in court, does not file suits challenging proposed mergers unless we are prepared to follow them all the way through,” Holder, who has recused himself from the lawsuit, told the Senate Judiciary Committee.

“There is a trial team — I know about this just from what I’ve heard — there is a trial team that is in place, and they are ready and eager to go to court,” he told the panel.

Democratic Senator Herb Kohl had asked Holder about concern in some quarters that the Justice Department “might not be in this case for the long haul and agree to a settlement that would allow the merger to proceed.”

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/08/doj-ready-to-take-att-to-court-attorney-general/

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I hope that they block it. I have T-Mobile and I really hate AT&T...they suck!!

[elleng]

1. Good to hear of some real anti-trust enforcement.

[zbdent]

2. well, if "corporations are people" ... then ...

isn't this "human trafficking"?

"Slavery"? One "person" owning another ...