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Transcript: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND FTC URGE MASSACHUSETTS BAR ASSOCIATION TO REJECT PROPOSAL RESTRAINING COMPETITION BETWEEN LAWYERS AND NONLAWYERS
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- Regulatory Intelligence Data
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- December 16, 2004
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INDSTRY GROUP 92
Regulatory Intelligence Data
12-16-2004
Proposal Likely To Harm Massachusetts Consumers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice's Antitrust Division and
the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today released a joint letter urging
the Massachusetts Bar Association to narrow substantially or reject a proposal
by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court that would unnecessarily reduce
or eliminate competition between nonlawyers and lawyers to provide many
services. The Department and FTC said that the proposal likely would lead
to higher prices and a reduction in competitive choices for consumers.
According to the letter, signed by the Department's Assistant Attorney
General ...