Would-be merger partners Williams, ETE continue to trade jabs, lawsuits as discord grows

摘要

Potential merger partners Energy Transfer Equity and The WilliamsrnCompanies continued sniping at each other last week with eachrncompany accusing the other of trying to scuttle the proposedrnbusiness combination.rnOn May 15, Kelcy Warren, ETE’s CEO, responded to a lawsuit thatrnWilliams had filed seeking an injunction against ETE to compel thernpartnership to live up to its obligations under the merger agreement inrnwhich it agreed to acquire Williams last September.