| In Sprint Trial After Sievert of
T-Mobile Sung Praises of Merger Flack Asks
For Change
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.
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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