Time Warner Merger Trial Could Be Delayed by Government Shutdown
- Antitrust chief Delrahim says DOJ ‘obligated’ to seek stay
- Judge says he’s inclined to keep the case moving forward
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A U.S. government shutdown might put the brakes on the Justice Department’s effort to block AT&T Inc.’s proposed takeover of Time Warner Inc. But a judge overseeing the case says he hopes it doesn’t come to that.
"If there is a shutdown, we’re obligated to ask for a stay," Makan Delrahim, chief of the department’s antitrust division, said after a hearing before U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington Friday. A trial scheduled for March 19 might have to be delayed as a result.