March 20, 2019 - Washington, DC The Federal Trade Commission will hold the tenth session of its Hearings Initiative, focused on competition and consumer protection issues in broadband markets, on March 20, 2019. The hearing will examine developments in U.S. broadband markets, technology, and law since the FTC staff’s 2007 Broadband…
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RSA Panel on Public Interest Technology: The Government Needs You
March 7, 2019 - San Francisco, CA Panel: The Government Needs You. Government needs technologists at all levels. We’re needed on legislative staffs and at regulatory agencies in order to make effective tech policy, but we’re also needed elsewhere to implement policy more broadly. We’re needed to advise courts, testify…
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INCOMPAS Policy Summit
February 27, 2019 - New America, Washington, DC The Competition Crossfire: Sprint-T-MobileWhat does the proposed Sprint-T-Mobile merger mean for consumers and competition? Hear opposing perspectives during this debate. Moderator:Angie Kronenberg, Chief Advocate and General Counsel, INCOMPAS Speakers:John Kneuer, Founder of JKC Consulting, and a Senior Advisor to the American Continental…
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CNET: Justice Department won’t appeal AT&T-Time Warner decision.
The cloud of legal uncertainty surrounding AT&T's merger with Time Warner has lifted. A US Appeals Court on Tuesday rejected a bid to unwind the merger between the companies. The merger was completed last year, following a six-week trial in which the US Department of Justice failed to convince a trial judge that the…
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Variety: Appeals Court Upholds Ruling in Favor of AT&T-Time Warner Merger.
A federal appeals court upheld AT&T’s merger with Time Warner, rejecting a Justice Department effort to reverse a lower court decision that cleared the way for the transaction. In a 3-0 decision, the appellate judges found the government’s claim, that the lower court “misunderstood and misapplied” economic principles, “unconvincing.” The government is…
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The Verge: Justice Department loses appeal looking to reverse the AT&T-Time Warner merger.
The Justice Department has lost an appeal seeking to reverse the merger of AT&T and Time Warner, another defeat for the agency that has repeatedly pressed to stop the massive deal. After the two companies announced their intention to merge, the Justice Department sued last year to halt the deal,…
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Reuters: AT&T defeats U.S. in merger fight to buy Time Warner.
A U.S. appeals court approved wireless carrier AT&T Inc’s deal to buy media company Time Warner on Tuesday, a defeat for the Trump administration which had argued the $85.4 billion merger would mean higher prices for consumers. AT&T’s second major court victory against the Justice Department sets the stage for…
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Gigi Sohn Statement on DC Circuit’s Decision to Allow the AT&T-Time Warner Merger to Proceed
This morning, a three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld US District Court Judge Richard Leon's decision allowing the $86 billion merger of AT&T Inc. and Time Warner Inc. to proceed without conditions, rejecting the Justice Department's claims that the merger violated Section…
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University of Pittsburgh Law School Symposium
March 1, 2019, University of Pittsburgh Law School, Pittsburgh PA The Net Without Neutrality: Economic, Regulatory, and Information Access Impacts. Gigi Sohn, Keynote Speaker. View the event here. More at University of Pittsburgh Law School Symposium.
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NBC News: Race is on for global 5G dominance – and Trump is cheering from the sidelines.
President Donald Trump on Thursday brought renewed national attention to what has emerged as one of the most hotly debated technological and geopolitical challenges — the race to build a next-generation 5G wireless internet network. The president used his Twitter account to broadcast the need for American companies to “step…