Media Advisory
March 5, 2004
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Contact: Matt Kovary
(212) 382-6713 |
The 20th Anniversary of
the Breakup of Ma Bell:
Perspectives Then and Now On the Divestiture of AT&T
What: The Breakup of AT&T: A Panel
Discussion
When: Monday, March 15, 2004, 6 to 8 p.m.
Where: House of the Association, 42 West
44th Street
The antitrust Consent Decree that resulted in
the split of AT&T into a long distance company
and seven "Baby Bells" in 1984 radically
changed the competitive, regulatory and technological
telecommunications landscapes. After 20 years,
it is worthwhile to look back and ask whether the
policy goals of the divestiture have been achieved
and at what benefit and cost to users and competitors.
FCC Commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy and other
distinguished guests will be on hand. The program
is free and open to the public: Monday, March 15,
6 to 8 p.m. at the House of the Association, 42
West 44th Street.
Keynote Speaker:
KATHLEEN Q. ABERNATHY, Commissioner,
Federal Communications Commission
Moderator:
BOB ATKINSON, Director, Columbia
Institute for Tele-Information
Speakers:
JEFFREY BLUMENFELD, Gray Cary
Ware & Freidenrich, LLP; formerly trial attorney
for DOJ and Chief of the FCC Common Carrier Bureau
H. RUSSELL FRISBY, JR., President,
Competitive Telecommunications Association
RICHARD O. LEVINE, Director,
LECG, Inc.; formerly Director of Policy Planning,
Dept. of Justice, Antitrust Division
MICHAEL J. MORRISSEY, Vice President,
Law and Government Affairs, AT&T
JOHN THORNE, Senior Vice President
and Deputy General Counsel, Verizon
The Association of the Bar of the City of
New York was founded in 1870, and is dedicated
to maintaining the high ethical standards of
the profession, promoting reform of the law,
and providing service to the profession and the
public. For more information on this release,
or to arrange for interviews, please contact
Matt Kovary, Press Coordinator, at (212) 382-6713
or mkovary@nycbar.org
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