Nine states – but not Texas – support AT&T in antitrust battle

Last year, 11 states joined the federal government’s lawsuit to block the $54 billion merger of Anthem and Cigna. Eight states supported DOJ’s challenge to the $37 billion merger of Aetna and Humana. And 16 states joined the Federal Trade Commission’s opposition to Dollar Tree and Family Dollar’s combination.The Justice Department’s antitrust case seeking to stop AT&T’s $109 billion acquisition of Time Warner, however, has garnered no support from any stat