December

• 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)
  

November

• 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)
  

October

• 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)
  

September

• 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 Domecq Importers Inc. Indicted on Money Laundering, Tax Evasion, Mail Fraud, and Conspiracy Charges (09/05/2000)
  

August

• 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)
  

July

• 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)
  

June

• 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)
  

May

• 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)

April

• 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)

March

• 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)

February

• 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)

January

• 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)