How AT&T Beat the Government [telecom]

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Lead lawyer played up his lack of antitrust experience as part of stick-to-basics strategy focused on attacking government witnesses

By Drew FitzGerald and Sarah Krouse

On the second day of hearings over AT&T Inc.'s bid to buy Time Warner Inc., lead defense lawyer Daniel Petrocelli rebutted a Justice Department attorney who mentioned his long experience litigating corporate competition issues.