AT&T, U.S. Ask Judge to Deny Google Entry Into T-Mobile Case

AT&T Inc. and the U.S. asked the federal judge overseeing the government’s lawsuit seeking to block the company’s purchase of T-Mobile USA Inc. to deny a bid by Google Inc. to enter the case to protect its confidential data.

In separate filings in Washington today, AT&T and the Justice Department told U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle that Google’s request for advance notice of possible disclosures of “competitively sensitive” data is unnecessary and would slow down the litigation.