Federal judge rules in favor of the T-Mobile and Sprint merger

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A federal judge has just ruled in favor of the $26 billion T-Mobile and Sprint merger.

The Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission last year gave the green light to this merger of the third and fourth largest wireless carriers in the U.S., but it faced a lawsuit from state attorneys general. New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) last year called the merger "exactly the sort of consumer-harming, job-killing mega merger our antitrust laws were designed to prevent."

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Brendan Morrow

Brendan worked as a culture writer at The Week from 2018 to 2023, covering the entertainment industry, including film reviews, television recaps, awards season, the box office, major movie franchises and Hollywood gossip. He has written about film and television for outlets including Bloody Disgusting, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Heavy and The Celebrity Cafe.