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States' Arbitration Powers In Telecom Deals Limited

Law360, New York (June 09, 2009) -- In a dispute over an interconnection agreement between Qwest Corp. and Covad Communications Group in Arizona, a federal appeals court has ruled that state regulators can't require pricing or element unbundling obligations during arbitration of such agreements.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday found that state commissions, in the course of arbitrating interconnection agreements, may not impose access...

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