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ANTITRUST & TRADE REGULATION DAILY
Highlights
Monday, December 31, 2001
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ISSN 1526-520X

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HIGHLIGHTS
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APPEALS COURT ORDERS FCC TO JUSTIFY PUBLIC-INTEREST TEST IN
LONG-DISTANCE NOD
A federal appeals court Dec. 28 directed the Federal
Communications Commission to better justify why it rejected
arguments against allowing SBC Communications, Inc., to
offer long-distance phone service in Oklahoma and Kansas
("Sprint Communications Co. L.P. v. FCC, "D.C. Cir.,
01-1076, 12/29/01 ).

http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/atd.nsf/id/A0A5B4F5J0_

SECOND MULTISTATE SETTLEMENT OF UNAPPROVED HEARING DEVICES
IS UNVEILED
A settlement in the four-year, multistate health fraud
investigation into the distribution of the Crystal Ear
hearing device was announced on Dec. 11 by Attorney General
Bill Lockyer.

http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/atd.nsf/id/A0A5B4F5K9_

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