US: Boost Mobile sets up legal task force to work with DOJ, FCC and Legislators

Peter Adderton, founder and former CEO of Boost Mobile USA, announced he has retained the services of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP (Manatt) to represent his concerns regarding the proposed merger of Sprint and T-Mobile.

Jack Quinn will lead the Manatt team. Quinn is a partner in both the government and litigation practices and serves as chair of the federal regulatory and government practice group. Quinn earlier served as Counsel to the President of the United States. In that role, he advised and counseled President Bill Clinton and all senior White House staff on a wide range of legal matters related to policy and legislation. At the time of his appointment as White House Counsel, Quinn was Chief of Staff and Counselor to Vice President Al Gore.

Other members of the Manatt team representing Peter Adderton include Gregg Nunziata and Lisl Dunlop. Nunziata advises clients on matters at the intersection of law, business, public policy and strategic communications. He previously served as general counsel and a senior domestic policy advisor to Sen. Marco Rubio, including during the senator’s presidential and re-election campaigns, and prior to that held several senior Republican counsel positions on Capitol Hill. Lisl Dunlop is co-chair of the firm’s antitrust practice group. She advises leading US and multinational companies on a broad range of antitrust counseling, antitrust litigation and transactional matters, and has represented major corporations in complex antitrust litigations.

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