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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: Sunday, June 03, 2001 11:14 PM To: BNA Highlights Subject: June 4 -- BNA, Inc. Antitrust & Trade Regulation Daily __________________________________ ANTITRUST & TRADE REGULATION DAILY Highlights Monday, June 4, 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 __________ TRAVEL COMPANY WILL PAY CONSUMER REDRESS, MUST CEASE ENGAGING IN DECEPTIVE BEHAVIOR A California-based travel company must stop misrepresenting to consumers that they have won vacation packages and must pay $20,000 into a consumer redress fund, according to a proposed consent judgment filed by the Federal Trade Commission in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ("FTC v. Holiday Plus Travel, LLC, "C.D. Cal., 5/29/01). http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/atd.nsf/id/A0A4G3R5D8_ APPLE SETTLEMENT SURVIVES SCRUTINY BY CALIFORNIA COURT A settlement and an $875,000 counsel fee award in consolidated class actions charging Apple Computer, Inc. with violating California law by withdrawing free technical support from customers is upheld by the California Court of Appeal, Sixth District ("Wershba v. Apple Computer, Inc., "Cal. Ct. App., 6th Dist., No. H020625, 5/21/01; "Consumer Advocates v. Apple Computer, Inc., "Cal. Ct. App., 6th Dist., No. H020625, 5/21/01). http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/atd.nsf/id/A0A4G3R5F5_ LAWYER'S WISCONSIN PRICE FIXING CLAIM WAS PROPERLY ENDED ON INJURY GROUNDS A lawyer cannot persuade the Wisconsin Court of Appeal to reinstate his allegations of a conspiracy to artificially inflate the price of thermal facsimile paper between February 1990 and March 1992 ("Derzon v. Appleton Papers, Inc., "Wis. Ct. App., No. 00-180800 - 1808, 5/22/01). http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/atd.nsf/id/A0A4G3R5N1_ DTPA DEFENDANT, COUNSEL MUST PAY COUNSEL FEES FOR BREACH OF DUTY OF CANDOR A trial court committed legal error when it dismissed with prejudice a complaint filed under the state's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, and the defendant and its counsel must pay the plaintiffs' counsel fees at trial and on appeal for misleading the courts about the contents of Florida procedural rules, according to a decision by the Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District ("Forum v. Boca Burger, Inc., "Fla. Dist. Ct. App., 4th Dist., No. 4D00-1255, 5/16/01). http://pubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/atd.nsf/id/A0A4G3R5P9_ __________ 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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