AT&T defends cost-saving theory against DOJ witness

Kathryn Haake

24 April 2018

Counsel representing AT&T and Time Warner on Monday criticised the assertion by the Department of Justice’s first rebuttal witness that none of the $2.5 billion in synergies claimed by the merging companies were verifiable.

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