AT&T, DOJ Make Final Written Arguments in FirstNet Case
Officials for DOJ and AT&T submitted their final written briefs in a Rivada Mercury protest of the company’s rejection as a candidate to build FirstNet. Little information is available on the case before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Under…
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an order by Judge Elaine Kaplan, pleadings and other substantial documents are sealed (1:16-cv-01559). Kaplan is expected to review the written arguments before deciding whether to schedule oral argument or ask for additional input, said a lawyer following the case. On Tuesday, Kaplan rescheduled from Wednesday to Thursday a status telephone conference on the case. Rivada is seeking to block the Department of Interior's "unlawful decision to exclude" the company's proposal "from the competitive range" for the FirstNet contract to build the nationwide public safety broadband network (see 1612020032). Officials said a winning bidder, widely expected to be a team led by AT&T, can’t be picked until the challenge is settled (see 1612140053).