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PW: bnaweb22 -----Original Message----- From: "BNA Highlights" <bhighlig@bna.com<@ENRON Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 11:25 PM To: BNA Highlights Subject: Nov. 23 -- BNA, Inc. Antitrust & Trade Regulation Daily __________________________________ ANTITRUST & TRADE REGULATION DAILY Highlights Friday, November 23, 2001 __________________________________ ISSN 1526-520X __________ HIGHLIGHTS __________ HEARST TO DIVEST DRUG DATABASE, PAY $19 MILLION, TO SETTLE FTC CHARGES The Hearst Corporation has agreed to sell off a drug database company, and to pay $19 million, to settle an antitrust complaint by the Federal Trade Commission, the agency announced Nov. 20. http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/atd.nsf/id/A0A4Y8K1D6_ LAWMAKERS QUERY VERIZON'S TAUKE ON COMPETITIVE PHONE FIRM ACCESS Two members of the House Commerce Committee Nov. 20 pressed a Verizon Communications official to explain how it plans to share its network with competitors if legislation is passed that deregulates Bell companies' broadband services. http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/atd.nsf/id/A0A4Y8K1F1_ EC PURSUIT OF MICROSOFT WILL BE 'DISTINCT' FROM U.S. APPROACH; HEARINGS IN DECEMBER BRUSSELS--The European Commission has no plans to expand its investigation against Microsoft Corp. and pursue antitrust violations that were at the heart of an out-of-court settlement the world's leading software maker recently reached with the U.S. Justice Department. http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/atd.nsf/id/A0A4Y8K1G1_ EU SLAPS GLOBAL VITAMIN CARTEL WITH FINES OF $800 MILLION; HOFFMAN-LA ROCHE HIT HARD BRUSSELS--Two years after American antitrust officials reached the same conclusion, the European Commission levied approximately $800 million in fines against eight European and Asian companies for orchestrating a range of cartels to control the sale of vitamins on the world market, the commission announced Nov. 21. http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/atd.nsf/id/A0A4Y8K1G8_ SENIOR CITIZENS' GROUP, OTHERS BRING SUIT SEEKING DAMAGES FOR GLAXO PRICING PRACTICES Advocates for senior citizens asked a federal district court Nov. 16 to declare that the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline PLC illegally inflated the prices of Medicare-covered drugs, at the expense of consumers, health plans, and taxpayers ("Action Alliance of Senior Citizens v. GlaxoSmithKline PLC, "E.D. Pa., No. 01-CV-5790, filed 11/16/01). http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/atd.nsf/id/A0A4Y8K1K4_ CLASS ACTION ALLEGATIONS OF EGG PRICE FIXING IN CALIFORNIA WON'T BE REVIVED Consumers in Southern California cannot persuade the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, to reinstate a class action charging grocers with conspiring to fix the price of eggs in violation of the Cartwright Act and California's unfair competition law ("McCampbell v. Ralphs Grocery Co., "Cal. Ct. App., 4th Dist., No. D034834, 11/6/01). http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/atd.nsf/id/A0A4Y8K1M7_ ___________________________________________________________ Antitrust & Trade Regulation Daily (ISSN 1526-520X) Highlights are published daily by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1231 25th St., NW, Washington, DC 20037. Registered Web subscribers can access the full text of these articles by using the URL link supplied. To register for a FREE Web trial, go to http://web.bna.com. For subscription information and other inquiries, call BNA Customer Relations at 1-800-372-1033, Mon. - Fri. 8:30 am - 7:00 pm (ET), excluding most federal holidays. To request retransmission or to order a copy of the summarized article, contact 1-800-452-7773 or e-mail bnaplus@bna.com. For copyright guidelines, go to http://www.bna.com/corp/copyright. Copyright © 2001 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. Washington, D.C. 20037. Use of this service is subject to the terms and conditions of the license agreement with BNA. Unauthorized access or distribution is prohibited.
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