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T-Mobile USA, MetroPCS stress need for scale in FCC merger application

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • October 26 2012

In a transfer of control application filed with the FCC last Friday, T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS cited the need for scale as the main impetus for their proposed merger, as they emphasized the difficulties the companies will face in continuing to compete independently if they do not combine

FCC allows cable program access rules to expire

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 12 2012

Pointing to a national multichannel video program distribution marketplace in which cable operators now play a less dominant role, the FCC decided unanimously last Friday to allow provisions of its program access rules that prohibit exclusive contracts to expire

Executives of Huawei, ZTE questioned at house hearing

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 21 2012

Officials of Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp. defended their companies against allegations of espionage and anticompetitive practices at a hearing before the House Intelligence Committee last Thursday

Verizon-SpectrumCo deal approved by FCC

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 24 2012

The FCC followed on the heels of the Justice Department (DOJ) by approving an order on Tuesday night consenting to Verizon’s acquisition of wireless spectrum assets held by the cable-based members of the SpectrumCo venture

Liberty boosts Sirius stake, seeks FCC consent to assume control

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 24 2012

Liberty Media moved closer to its goal of acquiring control of Sirius XM Radio with the $234.3 million purchase of additional shares to raise its stake to 48 and with the filing of documents with the FCC last Friday that request consent for Liberty to assume control of the satellite radio service provider

Justice Department announces conditional approval of Verizon-SpectrumCo deal, as FCC circulates draft order approving transaction

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 18 2012

Verizon Wireless’s $3.9 billion plan to acquire wireless spectrum licenses held by the SpectrumCo venture and to enter a related cross-marketing arrangement with Cox Communications and the SpectrumCo members was conditionally approved yesterday under a proposed Justice Department (DOJ) consent decree that includes various conditions intended to preserve competition in the markets for video, wireless and broadband Internet services

Third Circuit holds that “reverse settlement” payments are prima facie evidence of an antitrust violation, widening Circuit split

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 19 2012

The Federal Trade Commission and class action plaintiffs achieved a significant victory this week in their ongoing effort to invalidate “reverse settlement” payments among manufacturers of branded and generic pharmaceuticals

House Democrats warn of competitive impacts of Verizon-Spectrumco deal

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 13 2012

Writing to the FCC and the Justice Department on Monday, 32 House Democrats warned of the potential competitive harms of Verizon’s $3.6 billion acquisition of wireless spectrum assets held by the SpectrumCo venture as they advised the agencies to “protect the public interest in cross-platform competition driving lower prices and higher quality services, and to ensure that all Americans have access to the most advanced technologies”

Tailoring merger filings: a review of conditional clearance on Google’s acquisition of Motorola

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • China
  • -
  • July 3 2012

On May 19, 2012, the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (“MOFCOM”) conditionally cleared the acquisition of Motorola’s mobile business by Google (the “Transaction”

Comcast to pay $800,000 to settle FCC probe on NBCU conditions

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 29 2012

Under a consent decree reached with the FCC, Comcast agreed on Wednesday to pay $800,000 to settle an FCC probe into the cable giant’s compliance with certain conditions attached to its January 2011 merger with NBC Universal (NBCU

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