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PW: bnaweb22 -----Original Message----- From: "BNA Highlights" <bhighlig@bna.com<@ENRON [mailto:IMCEANOTES-+22BNA+20Highlights+22+20+3Cbhighlig+40bna+2Ecom+3E+40ENRON @ENRON.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 11:07 PM To: BNA Highlights Subject: June 7 -- BNA, Inc. Antitrust & Trade Regulation Daily __________________________________ ANTITRUST & TRADE REGULATION DAILY Highlights Thursday, June 7, 2001 __________________________________ ISSN 1526-520X Registered Web subscribers can access the full text of these articles by using the URL link supplied. Information about becoming a subscriber or signing up for a FREE Web trial is available at http://web.bna.com or call BNA Customer Relations at 1-800-372-1033, Mon. - Fri. 8:30 am - 7:00 pm (ET). __________ HIGHLIGHTS __________ SIXTH CIRCUIT AFFIRMS SUMMARY DISPOSITION OF UROKINASE CASE IN UNPUBLISHED OPINION The summary disposition of a Sherman Act Section 1 and Section 2 attack on an exclusive supply contract for a raw material used to produce urokinase, a broad category of thrombolytics used for treating clinical conditions caused by blood clots, is upheld in an unpublished opinion by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ("Microbix Biosystems, Inc. v. BioWhittaker, Inc., "4th Cir., No. 00-2262, 6/4/01). http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/atd.nsf/id/A0A4G7D9H5_ COURT ENJOINS TUMS COMMERCIAL, FINDS CLAIM FOR RIVAL PRODUCT TO BE LITERALLY TRUE The manufacturer of Tums(R) may need to take a more costly competing product as a result of a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, which upholds a competitor's comparative advertising while enjoining a Tums commercial as literally false in violation of Lanham Act Section 43(a) ("SmithKline Beecham Consumer Healthcare, L.P. v. Johnson & Johnson-Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Co., "S.D.N.Y., No. 01 Civ. 2775 (DAB), 6/1/01). http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/atd.nsf/id/A0A4G7D9K4_ STATE REGULATORS OK, WITH CONDITIONS, ON VERIZON BID TO SELL LONG-DISTANCE SERVICE Regulators in Pennsylvania June 6 told Verizon Pennsylvania they would support the phone company's planned application to the Federal Communications Commission seeking to provide long-distance services in the state, provided the company meets several conditions. http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/atd.nsf/id/A0A4G7D9P9_ REGULATORY RECIPROCITY COULD OFFER SOLUTION TO COMPETITION IN CANADIAN BANKING SECTOR OTTAWA--Permitting foreign banks to do business directly in Canada under the oversight of their home country regulators would solve Canada's current problem of maintaining sufficient competition in the retail banking sector, according to a study released on May 29 by the C.D. Howe Institute. http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/atd.nsf/id/A0A4G7D9R1_ __________ 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. For account information and changes, contact 1-800-372-1033 (M-F, 8:30 am-7:00 pm ET) 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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