AT&T cliff-hanger hangs over expected exuberant 2018 M&A

AT&T and Time Warner are headed to court in next month to defend their $85 billion deal, announced in 2016. The trial, set to begin in March, will mark first time the Justice Department has challenged a vertical acquisition since 1977.. People seem to be operating under what have been the historic norms, "said Robin Rankin, co-head of mergers and acquisitions at...