Justice Department Said to Hire Lawyer for AT&T Trial

Apparently, the Justice Department is bringing in an outside trial lawyer for its lawsuit against AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile USA. The department’s antitrust division is hiring Los Angeles- based lawyer Glenn Pomerantz, a partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, to bolster its trial team and work with the division’s chief litigator, Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General Joseph Wayland. Enlisting Pomerantz in the case shows that the Justice Department is preparing for trial and not in the process of negotiating a settlement, said Bert Foer, president of the American Antitrust Institute in Washington.