Justice Department: AT&T's merger is a "frontal attack" on the law
What to expect from the landmark trial.
When the University of Maryland-Baltimore County delivered a historic upset over the University of Virginia's college basketball team last week, the game was carried on a cable channel owned by a company AT&T is trying to buy for $85 billion - and which is at the center of a landmark antitrust lawsuit between the telecom giant and the Department of Justice.
Government attorneys said Thursday that the match is an example of the kind of popular content that could become more expensive to watch if AT&T is allowed to purchase Time Warner, one of the world's biggest entertainment companies.
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