Court Sustains Survival of Telecom’s §2, §3 Claims

Puerto Rico’s local telephone company adequately alleged that a cable operator engaged in a pattern of lawsuits to defend its monopoly in violation of the Sherman Act and Puerto Rico’s antitrust statute, according to a Sept. 13 opinion from the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, which reaffirmed its earlier decision on reconsideration (Puerto Rico Telephone Co. v. San Juan Cable LLC, D.P.R., 3:11-cv-02135-GAG, 9/13/12).

Puerto Rico Telephone Co. (PRTC) alleged that San Juan Cable, LLC (SJC) had abused litigation to impede PRTC’s ability compete with SJC in offering video services. PRTC contended that ...