Modification of Final Judgment

In United States telecommunication law, Modification of Final Judgment (MFJ) is the 1982 agreement (consent decree) settling United States v. AT&T, a landmark antitrust suit. Entered into between the United States Department of Justice and the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) the MFJ, after modification and upon approval of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, required the Bell System divestiture of the Bell Operating Companies from AT&T.

The exact term for the MFJ is given under the general definition of local access and transport area, a term used in U.S. telecommunications regulation for geographic areas in which local telephone companies are allowed to provide service, the term being used is

the Modification of Final Judgment (MFJ) entered by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Civil Action number 82-0192 or any other geographic area designated as a LATA in the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. Tariff FCC No. 4.

See also

• Regional Bell operating company
• AT&T
• Bell System

External links

• Copy of the Decree in .pdf format

 This article incorporates public domain material from Federal Standard 1037C. General Services Administration. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22.