For month , Bursor & Fisher has represented the masses — such as they are — so fight down to the propose AT&T - mo baron coupling that they ’ve resorted to legal means to stop it . Last week , AT&T finally slung some lawsuits back their means .
Accordingto Reuters , AT&T has move to shut down off any opportunity that the claims brought against them could be decided in arbitration . Which is suspect , because AT&T fence in front of the Supreme Court last fall that they thought arbitration was a wonderful thing . Just not , you know , this time :
AT&T argued that although the arbitrations were file away by single customers , they are not seeking damages for any personal trauma they suffered . Rather , they ’re seeking an injunction to block a $ 39 billion merger that would touch more than 120 million wireless customers , one charge said .
“ Our arbitration agreement forbid any shape of class - blanket backup . The Supreme Court uphold that , ” AT&T ’s lawyer , Andrew Pincus , recount Reuters .
But what does this mean , exactly ? essentially that AT&T knows that any one of these claim could put the whole acquisition ’s fortune in the hands of a single arbitrator . They do n’t like those odds ! And to be fair , the point is probably moot . No merger has ever been blocked by a unmarried arbitrator , and the Justice Department , harmonize to Reuters , would probably ill-treat in before it come to that .
Still , AT&T ’s officially lawyering up ! Which people only do when they are totally confident that they ’re doing nothing incorrect . Sorry ! Cheap one . I ’ll take it back as shortly as the arbiter move over the OK . [ Reuters ]
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