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    Legal eagles: Merger talk or nothing at all in Star Tribune antitrust filing?

    By David Brauer | Published Fri, Mar 27 2009 10:30 am

    Interesting filing yesterday in the Star Tribune bankruptcy case which may portend a PiPress merger — or perhaps nothing at all.

    Attorney Donald A. Workman submitted a disclosure statement retention questionnaire (PDF) indicating the Strib had hired his D.C. firm, Baker Hostetler, for "antitrust counseling" in April 2008. In the disclosure, Workman notes the Strib still owes the firm $319.98 for unpaid work pre-bankruptcy.

    What's unclear to me — and please, knowledgeable readers, help with some crowdsourcing — is whether the filing is to get paid, as a requirement for past services rendered, or because Baker Hostetler will be doing antitrust work going forward.

    The Strib business side does not return requests for comment, and I wouldn't expect Workman to speak about a client, though I'll ring him up.

    In the meantime, if you have a good idea of what's up here, add a comment or shoot me an email at dbrauer [at] minnpost.com.

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    David Brauer authors Braublog and is MinnPost's local media reporter. He's covered media and politics as a writer and editor since 1983 for City Pages, the Southwest/Downtown Journal, KFAN and KSTP-AM, Mpls.St.Paul, Minnesota Monthly, Law & Politics, the Business Journal, KARE11 and national outlets. Follow him on Twitter. Email: dbrauer [at] minnpost [dot] com. 

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