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by losteverything 3383 days ago
Judge Greene's grandaughter presides over the case.

But. One difference was that At&T got something for agreeing (able to sell computers). What is Amazon prevented from doing??????

[1] The case, one of Greene's first after being named to the bench, resulted in the 1982 consent decree between AT&T and the Federal Trade Commission. The consent decree, later amended and usually called the modified final judgment (MFJ), provided for the Bell System divestiture, AT&T's spin off of the seven Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs). The conclusion of the case freed AT&T to enter the computer industry, from which it had previously been barred