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This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 479<\/a> and 489<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56562,"section_number":"15.2-2160","catch_line":"Provision of telecommunications services","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2160\/"}],"permalink":{"id":249919,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65935,"identifier":"56-479.2","token":"56\/15\/3\/56-479.2","url":"\/56-479.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-479.2\/","token":"56\/15\/3\/56-479.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Anti-competitive acts; injunctive relief","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-479.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No telecommunications service provider shall engage in anti-competitive acts or practices in connection with its provision of telecommunications services including price discrimination, predatory pricing or tying arrangements, as such terms are commonly applied in antitrust law<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any telecommunications service provider injured or threatened with injury by a violation of any of the provisions of this section or § 15.2-2160<\/a> may maintain a cause of action<\/span> for injunctive relief, damages<\/span>, or both, and for reasonable costs and attorney’s fees before the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> for the locality in which the injury occurs. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nANTI-COMPETITIVE ACTS; INJUNCTIVE RELIEF (\u00a7 56-479.2)\n\nA. No telecommunications service provider shall engage in anti-competitive acts\nor practices in connection with its provision of telecommunications services\nincluding price discrimination, predatory pricing or tying arrangements, as such\nterms are commonly applied in antitrust law.\n\nB. Any telecommunications service provider injured or threatened with injury by\na violation of any of the provisions of this section or § 15.2-2160 may\nmaintain a cause of action for injunctive relief, damages, or both, and for\nreasonable costs and attorney’s fees before the circuit court for the\nlocality in which the injury occurs.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, cc. 479, 489.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}