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2000 PRESS RELEASES
- Justice Department Requires Divestiture in AB Volvo's
Acquisition of Renault V.I. (12/18/2000)
- Justice Department Advises FCC on SBC's Pending Joint
Application to Provide Long Distance Service in Oklahoma and Kansas - FCC Should
Independently Review Prices that SBC Charges Its Competitors in Oklahoma and Kansas
(12/04/2000)
- Justice Department Requires Divestitures in Georgia-Pacific's
Acquisition of Fort James (11/21/2000)
- Justice Department Requires WorldCom Inc. to Sell Intermedia in
Order to Retain Controlling Interest in Digex Inc. - Original Deal Would Have Resulted in
Higher Prices and Lower Quality Services in the Internet Backbone Market (11/17/2000)
- New York Food Company Executive Indicted for Bid Rigging,
Multi-Million Dollar Fraud and Tax Crimes, and Obstruction (11/08/2000)
- Varian Medical Systems and IMPAC Medical Systems Abandon
Merger Plans (11/07/2000)
- Justice Department Announces Its Intention to Block Varian
Medical Systems' Acquisition of IMPAC Medical Systems - Merger Would Reduce Innovation
and Price Competition for Software and Equipment Used in Radiation Therapy for Cancer
Patients (11/06/2000)
- Justice Department Approves Carrier Credit Services' Proposal to
Act as a Common Billing and Collection Agent (11/06/2000)
- Justice Department Announces Tentative Settlement in Northwest -
Continental Lawsuit (11/06/2000)
- Justice Department Advises FCC on Verizon's Pending
Application
to Provide Long Distance Service in Massachusetts - Department Raises Questions about
Current
and Future Nondiscriminatory Access to Lines for DSL Services (10/27/2000)
- Justice Department Requires Wells Fargo & Company and
Brenton Banks Inc. to Make Divestitures in Des Moines, Iowa (10/18/2000)
- Texas Magazine Distribution Company, and Former Owner
Indicted in Antitrust Conspiracy (10/05/2000)
- Sotheby's and Former Top Executive Agree to Plead Guilty to
Price Fixing on Commissions Charged to Sellers at Auctions - Sotheby's Agrees to Pay $45
Million Criminal Fine (10/05/2000)
- John M. Nannes Appointed Acting Principal
Deputy Assistant Attorney General (10/03/2000)
- Jeffrey H. Blattner Appointed Deputy
Assistant Attorney General (10/03/2000)
- Justice Department Approves Information Exchange
Proposed by the Electric Power Research Institute (10/02/2000)
- Justice Department Requires Divestiture in Republic Services'
Purchase of Assets From Allied Waste Industries - Divestiture in Ohio Will Preserve
Competition (09/27/2000)
- ADM Executives Resentenced to Serve Additional Jail Time
(09/22/2000)
- Georgia Company and Executive Charged with Rigging Bids on
Water Treatment Facility Projects (09/20/2000)
- Statements Regarding Joel I. Klein's Upcoming Departure From
the Department of Justice (09/19/2000)
- Justice Department Suit
Challenges Contract that Restrains Development of Improved Tomato Seeds - Contract Prohibits
Development of Seeds for American Farmers that would have allowed them to Grow better
Fresh-Market Tomatoes (09/15/2000)
- Justice Department Requires Wells Fargo & Company and
First Security Corporation to make Divestitures in Four States (09/14/2000)
- Justice Department Files Suit Challenging Anticompetitive
Agreement Among Options Exchanges - Justice Department and Securities and Exchange
Commission Require Options Exchanges to Restructure Options Industry to Increase
Competition (09/11/2000)
- Antitrust Division Recommends Attorney General Approval of
Denver Newspapers' JOA Application - Joint Newspaper Operating Arrangement Appropriate
Under Newspaper Preservation Act (09/08/2000)
- Virginia-Based Company Charged with Bid Rigging on USAID
Construction Contracts in Egypt (09/07/2000)
- Justice Department Announces Agreement to Modify ASCAP
Consent Decree
(09/05/2000)
- Former President of Domeco Importers Inc. Indicted on Money
Laundering, Tax Evasion, Mail Fraud, and Conspiracy Charges (09/05/2000)
- Justice Department Requires SBC and BellSouth to Divest
Wireless Businesses in Order to Proceed with Combination - Divestitures in 16 Markets Located
in Three States (08/30/2000)
- Justice Department Requires Divestitures in Clear Channel/AMFM
Merger (08/29/2000)
- Former Heineken USA Employee Charged with Participating in
Kickback Scheme (08/24/2000)
- California Bridge-Building Company and Its Swiss Executive
Charged with Price Fixing on California Bridge Projects (08/24/2000)
- German Company Pleads Guilty to Rigging Bids on USAID
Construction Contracts in Egypt - Philipp Holzmann AG Sentenced to Pay $30 Million Criminal
Fine (08/18/2000)
- Justice Department Approves NBT Bancorp/BSB Bancorp Merger
After Parties Agree to a Divestiture (08/15/2000)
- Justice Department Approves Proposal by The Westward Fleet
Cooperative (08/09/2000)
- Justice Department Approves Proposal by The Peter Pan Fleet
Cooperative (08/09/2000)
- Massachusetts Company Charged with Bid Rigging on Sales of
Tactile Tile (08/09/2000)
- Justice Department Approves Proposal by Unalaska Fleet
Cooperative (08/09/2000)
- Justice Department Approves Proposal by the Mothership Fleet
Cooperative (08/09/2000)
- French Executive Indicted for Bridge Projects Scheme - Bridges in
Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Ohio Affected (08/03/2000)
- Allied Waste and Waste Management Abandon Sale of Ohio and
Mississippi Assets, Resolves Justice Department's Antitrust Concerns (08/01/2000)
- Justice Department Requires L'Oreal and Carson Inc. to Divest
Two Brands of Retail Hair Relaxers (07/31/2000)
- Justice Department Requires Divestiture In Flowserve's
Acquisition of Ingersoll-Dresser Pump Co. - Divestiture Will Preserve Competition in Sale of
Engineered Pumps for U.S. Oil Refineries and Power Plants (07/28/2000)
- New York Food Company Executive Arrested on
Million-Dollar Fraud charge (07/27/2000)
- Israeli Chemical Company Agrees to Plead Guilty
to Price Fixing and Customer Allocation Charges (07/27/2000)
- Top Japanese Executives Indicted in Price-Fixing
Conspiracy - Daicel Chemical Industries Ltd. Agrees to Pay $53 Million Criminal Fine
(07/25/2000)
- Justice Department Requires Clear Channel and
AMFM to Divest 99 Radio Stations in 27 Markets - Required Sale is Largest Radio Divestiture
Ever (07/20/2000)
- Texas Glass Company and Two Executives
Charged with Bid Rigging on Architectural Flat Glass Contracts (07/20/2000)
- Justice Department Requires Citadel
Communications Corp. to Divest 3 Michigan Radio Stations (07/18/2000)
- Justice Department Requires Divestitures in Kansas City Radio
Acquisition (07/14/2000)
- New York Food Supplier Charged with
Rigging $2.4 Million in Bids to Public Agencies (07/13/2000)
- Statement by Joel I. Klein on the Abandonment of
the WorldCom/Sprint Transaction (07/13/2000)
- Justice Department requires Hospitals
to enter into Enforcement Order to Remedy Consent Decree violations
(07/12/2000)
- DOJ and FTC Sign Antitrust Cooperation Agreement with
Mexico (07/11/2000)
- Antitrust Division Names New Deputy Assistant Attorney General
for Economic Analysis (07/03/2000)
- Justice Department Sues to Block WorldCom's
Acquisition of Sprint (06/27/2000)
- Assistant Attorney General Joel I. Klein Statement
(06/26/2000)
- Justice Department Requires Modification of JDS Uniphase's
Acquisition of E-TEK (06/22/2000)
- Justice Department Approves Proposal by the Arctic Enterprise
Association (06/21/2000)
- Justice Department Approves Proposal by Northern Victor
Cooperative (06/21/2000)
- Justice Department Approves Proposal by UniSea Fleet
Cooperative (06/21/2000)
- Justice Department Requires Restructuring of Allied Waste
Industries and Republic Services Deal - Divestitures and Other Relief Will Preserve Competition
in 15 Metropolitan Areas (06/21/2000)
- President and CEO of Wilsonart International Charged With
Perjury (06/21/2000)
- Justice Department Requires Old National Bank and Permanent
Bank to Divest Two Branches in Evansville, Indiana (06/21/2000)
- Justice Department Statement About District Court's Decision to
Certify Microsoft Case for Direct Appeal to Supreme Court (06/20/2000)
- Justice Department Statement Concerning Expedited Appeal in the
Government's Case Against Microsoft
(06/13/2000)
- Statement by Assistant Attorney General Joel I. Klein
(06/07/2000)
- 22 Individuals and 13 Food Companies Charged with Rigging
Over $210 Million in Bids to NYC Board of Education (06/01/2000)
- Two Building Insulation Companies and Their Presidents Indicted
for Price Fixing - A Third Company is Also Charged in the Conspiracy and Has Agreed to Plead
Guilty (05/31/2000)
- Department of Justice Files Lawsuit to Block Proposed Joint
Venture Between Franklin Electric and United Dominion Industries (05/31/2000)
- Department of Justice Announces its intention to Block Proposed
Joint Venture Between Franklin Electric and United Dominion Industries (05/30/2000)
- Justice Department Requires AT&T; to Divest MediaOne's
Interest in Road Runner Broadband Internet Access Service (05/25/2000)
- Justice Department Requires Wells Fargo & Company
to Divest Three Branches in Nebraska (05/22/2000)
- Justice Department Resolves Lawsuit Against Dairy Farmers of
America Inc. and Sodiaal North America Corporation (05/18/2000)
- Former President of Houston Marine Construction Company Indicted on Bid-Rigging Conspiracy Charges (05/16/2000)
- Justice Department Advises FCC that SBC has Addressed One of Four Remaining Competitive Concerns in its Second Application to Provide Long Distance Service in Texas (05/12/2000)
- Justice Department Requires Restructuring of Acquisitions by Allied Waste Industries and Superior Services (05/12/2000)
- Justice Department Statement Regarding Microsoft's Proposed Remedy (05/11/2000)
- Two German Firms and Two U.S. Corporations agree to Plead Guilty to Participating in International Vitamin Cartels (05/05/2000)
- Justice Department Requires Significant Divestitures in Alcoa/Reynolds Aluminum Merger (05/03/2000)
- Attorney General Reno, Assistant Attorney General Klein Statements Regarding Proposed Remedy in Microsoft Case (04/28/2000)
- New York Supplier of Advertising and Display Materials Charged with Conspiracy in Connection with Kickback Scheme (04/27/2000)
- Justice Department Approves Apparel Industry Plan for Workplace code of Conduct (04/07/2000)
- Note to Editors and Reporters (04/07/2000)
- Four Foreign Executives of Leading European Vitamin Firms Agree to Plead Guilty to Participating in International Vitamin Cartel - Executives to Plead Guilty, Serve Time in U.S. Prisons, and Pay Substantial Fines (04/06/2000)
- Antitrust Division Announces Merger Review Process Improvements (04/06/2000)
- Statement by Assistant Attorney General Joel I. Klein (04/03/2000)
- Statement by Assistant Attorney General Joel I. Klein (04/01/2000)
- Justice Department Sues to Block Dairy Farmers of America Inc.'s Acquisition of Sodiaal North America Corporation - Merger Would Reduce Competition in the Sale of Branded Butter in New York, Philadelphia Metropolitan Areas (03/31/2000)
- Former Executive of Domecq Importers Inc. Charged with Conspiracy and Money Laundering (03/30/2000)
- Hearst Corp. To Sell San Francisco Examiner to ExIn LLC, Resolves Justice Department's Antitrust Concerns - First Time in 35 Years San Francisco Will Have Two Independent Daily Newspapers (03/30/2000)
- Ohio Scrap Metal Dealer Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay $850,000 Fine (03/28/2000)
- Justice Department Requires Divestitures in Earthgrains Company's Acquisition of Metz Holdings, Inc. - Companies Required to Divest White Bread Brands in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Illinois (03/20/2000)
- New Jersey Company and Chief Executive Officer Agree to Plead Guilty to International Price Fixing Conspiracy (03/13/2000)
- Justice Department Approves Creation of Joint Sales and Purchasing Venture by Regional Steel Drum Manufacturers (03/08/2000)
- Justice Department Approves Proposal by Akutan Catcher Vessel Association (02/29/2000)
- Justice Department Approves Proposal by Offshore Pollock Catchers Cooperative (02/29/2000)
- Justice Department Approves Proposal by the Pollock Conservation Cooperative (02/29/2000)
- Attorney General Janet Reno, AAG Joel I. Klein Issue Statements about International Competition Advisory Committee Report(02/28/2000)
- Justice Department Requires Miller Industries to License Important Towing Technology - Decree will Resolve Lawsuit Challenging Two Prior Acquisitions (02/17/2000)
- Justice Department Advises FCC to Deny SBC Communications' Application to Provide Long Distance Service in Texas (02/14/2000)
- Justice Department Will Not Challenge Behavioral Health Care Providers Network in North Dakota, Minnesota (02/04/2000)
- Justice Department Requires Divestitures in Centura Banks and Triangle Bancorp Merger Eighteen Branches in North Carolina Divested, Banking Services for Consumers, Small Businesses Remain Competitive (01/24/2000)
- Compuware Corporation and Viasoft Inc. Abandon Merger Plans Competition is Preserved in Mission-Critical Mainframe Computer Software Markets (01/19/2000)
- Mitsubishi Corporation and Former UCAR Executive Indicted in International Graphite Electrode Price-Fixing Conspiracy (01/19/2000)
- Georgia Metal Building Insulation Company Charged In Price Fixing Conspiracy (01/12/2000)
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