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ANTITRUST & TRADE REGULATION DAILY
Highlights
Friday, November 23, 2001
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ISSN 1526-520X


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HIGHLIGHTS
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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_

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