Bloomberg: AT&T Merger with Bellevue-Based T-Mobile May Be in Trouble

Bloomberg news service reports that AT&T may not be able to avoid federal court in its bid to merge with Bellevue-based T-Mobile.

In March, AT&T and T-Mobile USA's parent company, Deutsche Telekom of Germany, announced that AT&T plans to purchase T-Mobile for $39 billion in cash and stock.

However, the federal Justice Department . Attorneys general of seven states, including Washington's Rob McKenna, joined in the lawsuit to block the merger.

T-Mobile employs 3,300 T-Mobile employees in the Seattle area--about 9 percent of its workforce nationwide--including retail store representatives, engineers and operational functions in the Bellevue corporate headquarters. .