Deals
U.S. Probe of T-Mobile-Sprint Deal Was ‘Cursory,’ States Say
- States suing to block deal say court shouldn’t defer to U.S.
- Parties prepare for closing arguments over $26.5 billion deal
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States suing to block T-Mobile US Inc.’s proposed acquisition of Sprint Corp. urged the federal judge overseeing the landmark antitrust trial not to defer to the Trump administration’s approval of the $26.5 billion deal.
Lawyers for New York and California, which are leading the lawsuit for the states, said in a filing late Wednesday in Manhattan that the deal’s approval by the Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission doesn’t carry any special weight and should be ignored by the judge.