Tag Archives: DOJ

The Power of the Press Release

By Mark Evans | Published: August 31, 2009
Last week, Jeff Wiener decided to write a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice to support the proposed deal between Avaya and Nortel. He wanted to write the DOJ after reading a Wall St. Journal story about how the DOJ had received verbal and written complaints citing competitive concerns if the deal is allowed [...]
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A Letter to the DOJ Supporting the Avaya Deal

By Mark Evans | Published: August 28, 2009
Earlier this week, the Wall St. Journal had a story looking at how the U.S. Department of Justice had received verbal and written complaints about Avaya’s proposed $475-million purchase of Nortel’s enterprise business. Among the issues are that it would be anti-competitive by giving Avaya a big chunk of the enterprise telecom equipment market. The [...]
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Avaya Deal Raises Concerns

By Mark Evans | Published: August 27, 2009
It looks like Avaya’s proposed $475-million acquisition of Nortel’s enterprise business could face some stumbling blogs as a growing number of industry players express concern it would reduce competition. The Wall St. Journal reports that the U.S. Department of Justice has received a letter and a complaint recent requesting it to block the proposed deal. [...]
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