States Keep Door Open for Better Antitrust Deal From T-Mobile

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“[S]ide settlements won’t impact the upcoming trial involving 13 states and the District of Columbia, James Tierney, the former Maine attorney general, said.

‛The judge really isn’t going to care how many states show up to trial as a plaintiff,’ Tierney, who is now a lecturer at Harvard Law school, said.… For T-Mobile, ‛the only settlements that really matter at the end of the day are New York and California,’ since both states are the key drivers pushing the suit forward, Tierney said.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and New York Attorney General Letitia James have signaled they plan to proceed with the trial.”

Facebook, Google Face Multi-State Antitrust Investigations

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“Just the pending of this investigation is going to make an impact. During the Obama years, YouTube got gobbled up by Google and Instagram was grabbed by Facebook. Neither of these companies is going to be buying anything during this investigation.… So I think just the pendency of this can make a difference in the marketplace and give innovators and people who are looking to find new ways to compete a little courage because the giants are on hold — at least until we find out what’s going to happen in the case.”
— James Tierney