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Subject:	Nov. 27 -- BNA, Inc. Antitrust & Trade Regulation Daily

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ANTITRUST & TRADE REGULATION DAILY
Highlights
Tuesday, November 27, 2001
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ISSN 1526-520X


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HIGHLIGHTS
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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_

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