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>Judge Leon limited how DOJ lawyers questioned certain witnesses and expressed visible skepticism of testimony by the government’s chief economic witness, who p
by erric 8y ago
>Judge Leon limited how DOJ lawyers questioned certain witnesses and expressed visible skepticism of testimony by the government’s chief economic witness, who presented an empirical model that predicted the deal would lead to small but significant price increases in monthly cable bills. AT&T countered with its own academic economist who said it wouldn’t.
Yeah, I’m sure this won’t lead to _small_ price increases for consumers.
- Sacho 8y agoThis is a gross oversimplification of the issue. Here is the judge's opinion which actually explains his rationale: http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/sites/dcd/files/17-2511opinion.pdf http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/sites/dcd/files/17-2511opinion.p... His rationale on this particular is over 30 pages long. It starts at page 57-ish.