Softbank Served With T-Mobile Papers Sept. 21: Newly Docketed Certificate

Defendant Softbank was served Sept. 21 in Tokyo through diplomatic channels with the antitrust class action that seeks to overturn T-Mobile's Sprint buy, said a certificate of service newly docketed Thursday (docket 1:22-cv-03189) in U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois in Chicago. The case has been somewhat in limbo as the plaintiffs work to serve court papers on another foreign defendant, Deutsche Telekom, also through diplomatic channels. Plaintiff attorneys told U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin in an Oct. 21 telephone status hearing they expect service to Deutsche Telekom to be complete by January, prompting the judge to schedule the next telephone status hearing for Jan. 27 (see 2210210032). Seven AT&T and Verizon customers brought the class action, alleging the T-Mobile/Sprint transaction caused their rates to skyrocket through reduced competition in the wireless space.