| In Sprint Trial To Assert DISH Info
Confidential Steptoe Lawyer Bigfoots In On
Sunday
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Dec 15 – After more states
lining up against the proposed
T-Mobile / Sprint merger, on
which a two week trial to
begin December 9 before U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York Judge
Victor
Marrero. Inner
City Press
began what
will be a
trial-long
live-tweet, here.
Day II morning
here.
More on
Patreon here.
Day III here.
More D3 on
Patreon here.
Day IV here.
More D4 on
Patreon here.
Day V here.
More on D5 on
Patreon here.
This
coming week
DISH will be
on the table.
And on Sunday,
December 15 it
filed a notice
of appearance:
"PLEASE TAKE
NOTICE that
the
undersigned,
Charles
Michael of
Steptoe &
Johnson LLP,
who is a
member in good
standing of
the bar of
this Court,
hereby enters
his appearance
as counsel of
record for
non-party DISH
Network
Corporation
(“DISH”) in
the
above-captioned
proceeding.
DISH is a
Protected
Person as
defined in the
Amended
Interim
Protective
Order dated
August 14,
2019 (ECF No.
185), and has
received
notice of the
parties’
intent to
introduce
material
designated by
DISH as
Confidential
Information
and Highly
Confidential
Information at
trial in this
action. The
undersigned
seeks to
appear solely
for the
purpose of
asserting
DISH’s
interests in
the
confidential
treatment of
such material,
and requests
that all
future filings
be served on
him at the
address below.
Dated:
December 15,
2019
Respectfully
submitted,
By:Charles
Michael
STEPTOE &
JOHNSON LLP."
On December
13, T-Mobile's
John Legere
was
cross-examined
and let it all
hang out, see
below. Next up
a more
corporate Mike
Sievert
testified.
Inner City
Press
live-tweeted
it, then
published it
story and
tweeted a link
to it.
An
hour later a
public
relations
representative
emailed Inner
City Press
requesting a
change. Not of
the analysis,
but to be sure
to spell
Sievert
correctly:
"Hi
Matthew – I’m
reaching out
on behalf of
my client in
hopes that you
can make one
minor
adjustment to
your tweet
from 9:12pm ET
(pasted below
for
reference). If
you could
change
“Siebert” to
“Sievert” that
would be much
appreciated.
Thank you and
please have a
great
weekend.
COURTROOM
CHRONICLES: In
@Sprint Merger
Trial
@JohnLegere of
@TMobile Shows
Himself As
#SDNY Judge
Marrero Asks
About Flower
Children,
Before Low
Energy Mike
Siebert
@SDNYLIVE"
And who was
it, who
requested this
correction
(which Inner
City Press did
in a
reply)?
A Vice
President at Abernathy
MacGregor,
Strategic
Communications
Counsel --
representing
T-Mobile.
"Just spell my
[Mike's?] name
right?"
Legere's
testimony
culminated in
Judge Victor
Marrero asking
him if he
could remain a
flower child
or would
instead, post
merger, join
the boys'
club. Legere
said never -
but his
successor Mike
Sievert then
looked very
much the boys'
club member.
How will it
cut with
Marrero?
Here's some
of how it went
(more on
Patreon here)
Back
on December a
final
pre-trial
conference was
held. The
plaintiff
states' lawyer
Glenn D.
Pomerantz
dominated the
conference,
going through
each of the
four points in
his letter to
Judge Merrero
and more.
T-Mobile or
Deutsche
Telekom's
lawyer David
I. Gelfan of
Cleary
Gottlieb
wanted more
than 50% of
the time
allotted.
Judge Marrero
shot that
down, saying
that to him
equitable
means cut in
half. Judge
Marrero
largely tried
to avoid the
disputes,
urging the
lawyers to
settle their
conflicts and
try their
cases.
Where
Judge Marrero
drew the line
was on timing
and exhibits.
He still aims
at a two week
bench trial,
saying he's
willing to go
to six pm to
accomplish
that. He urged
exhibits to be
agreed in
advance. He
said one of
the questions
will be
DISH.
There will be
a Comcast
witness. Inner
City Press is
covering the
trial. The
case is State
of New York,
et al., v.
Deutsche
Telekom AG, et
al.,
19-cv-5434
(Marrero).
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