Article Title

The Decline and Fall of AT&T: A Personal Recollection

Authors

Richard A. Posner, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Document Type

Symposium

Publication Date

12-2008

Publication Citation

61 Federal Communications Law Journal 11 (2008)

Abstract

"The Enduring Lessons of the Breakup of AT&T: A Twenty-Five Year Retrospective."' Conference held at the University of Pennsylvania Law School on April 18-19, 2008.

In his luncheon talk at the conference, presented here in slightly revised form, Judge Posner discusses his personal involvement with the events that led up the Justice Department's major antitrust suit against AT&T that culminated in the breakup of the telephone monopoly. The stages of his involvement included participation in the work of President Johnson's Task Force on Communications Policy, consulting for AT&T in the lawsuit itself, and his negative advice to the chairman of AT&T on the latter's plans to enter the computer industry.

Recommended Citation

Posner, Richard A. (2008) "The Decline and Fall of AT&T: A Personal Recollection," Federal Communications Law Journal: Vol. 61: Iss. 1, Article 3.
Available at: https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/fclj/vol61/iss1/3