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PW: bnaweb22 -----Original Message----- From: "BNA Highlights" <bhighlig@bna.com<@ENRON Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 11:20 PM To: BNA Highlights Subject: Nov. 27 -- BNA, Inc. Antitrust & Trade Regulation Daily __________________________________ ANTITRUST & TRADE REGULATION DAILY Highlights Tuesday, November 27, 2001 __________________________________ ISSN 1526-520X __________ HIGHLIGHTS __________ VERIZON SEEKS LONG-DISTANCE GO AHEAD IN RHODE ISLAND FROM REGULATORS Local phone company Verizon Communications Nov. 26 told federal regulators it has opened up its Rhode Island market to competition sufficiently to gain entry into the state's long-distance market. http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/atd.nsf/id/A0A4Y9U4G9_ FEDERAL COURT TEMPORARILY HALTS ILLINOIS CREDIT CARD SERVICE, PER FTC The operations of three Illinois companies were temporarily shut down, their assets frozen, and a receiver appointed at the request of the Federal Trade Commission and Illinois Attorney General, according to a Nov. 26 announcement ("FTC v. 1st Financial Solutions Inc., "N.D. Ill., No. 01-C8790, 11/20/01). http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/atd.nsf/id/A0A4Y9U3Z6_ NEW JERSEY DEFENDANTS SETTLE ADVANCE FEE LOAN ACCUSATIONS A New Jersey company and its principals will pay $239,793 in consumer redress to resolve accusations that they engaged in the deceptive telemarketing of advance fee VISA(R) or MasterCard(R) credit cards, according to a consent judgment entered in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey ("FTC v. Financial Services of North America Inc., "D.N.J., No. 002-2792-2792 (GEB), 10/31/01). http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/atd.nsf/id/A0A4Y9U4B3_ CIRCUIT DIVIDES OVER ENFORCEMENT OF ANTITRUST SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT A district court's summary enforcement of a settlement agreement in an antitrust dispute between Ohio real estate brokerage firms survives a challenge by one party, as a divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit parries an attack on the district court's subject matter jurisdiction and declines to find an abuse of discretion in the enforcement order ("Re/Max International, Inc. v. Realty One, Inc., "6th Cir., No. 01-4235, 11/9/01). http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/atd.nsf/id/A0A4Y9U4D5_ ___________________________________________________________ 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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