Case Details

Year Initiated/Committed

2011

Year Resolved

2011

Settlement Amount

n/a

Court

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Docket Number

11-01560

Lead State

CA, IL, MA, NY, OH, PA, PR, WA

Participating States

CA, IL, MA, NY, OH, PA, PR, WA

Defendant(s)

AT&T, Inc.; T-Mobile USA; Deutsche Telekom AG

Case Description

AT&T sought to acquire T-Mobile. The transaction would have combined two of the only four wireless carriers with nationwide networks. US DOJ and six states filed suite to block the merger. The parties abandoned the merger three months later.