Press Releases
Press releases issued by the Antitrust Division from 1979 through 2008 are found in this section of the site.
To find releases published beginning in 2009, please visit the Antitrust Division Press Releases page.
1992 Press Releases
December
December 31, 1992
Department of Justice Issues Business Review
Letter on Southeastern Peanut Association
December 30, 1992
Justice Department Will Not Challenge Acquisition
of Pittsburgh Press by the Post-Gazette
December 29, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, Dec. 21, 1992 through Friday, Dec. 25, 1992
December 21, 1992
[Revised] Summary of Antitrust Enforcement
Actions for Public Release for Monday, Dec. 14, 1992 through Friday,
Dec. 18, 1992
Justice Department Files Price Fixing Suit
Against Eight Airlines and Fare Dissemination System
December 17, 1992
Two Drug Manufacturers and Their Presidents
Charged with Fixing Price of Generic Drug
December 14, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, Dec. 7, 1992 through Friday Dec. 11, 1992
December 9, 1992
Former Drug Company President Charged with
Fixing Price of Generic Drug
December 7, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, Nov. 30, 1992 through Friday, Dec. 4, 1992
December 1, 1992
Justice Department Issues Business Review
Letter - Super Efficient Refrigerator Program Inc.
Pilot Program Announced to Expedite Business
Review Process
November
November 23, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for Public Release for Monday, Nov. 16, 1992 through Friday, Nov. 20, 1992
November 18, 1992
South Carolina Man and Corporation Charged with Dairy Products Bid Rigging
November 2, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for Public Release for Monday, Oct. 26, 1992 through Friday, Oct. 30, 1992
October
October 30, 1992
Individual Agrees to Pay $1.9 Million Penalty for Violating Premerger Notification Requirements
October 26, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for Public Release for Monday, Oct. 19, 1992 through Friday, Oct. 23, 1992
Justice Department Issues Business Review Letter - Transplant Associates
October 23, 1992
Department of Justice Issues Business Review Letter - Tanker Broker Panel
October 19, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for Public Release for Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1992 through Friday, Oct. 16, 1992
October 5, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for Public Release for Friday, Sep. 25, 1992 through Friday, Oct. 2, 1992
September
September 30, 1992
The Department of Justice Today Filed a Civil
Antitrust Suit Charging the Greater Bridgeport Individual Practice Association
Inc.
September 29, 1992
Flav-O-Rich Pleads Guilty to Milk Bid Rigging,
Agrees to Pay $7 Million in Fines
Antitrust Suit and Proposed Consent Decree
Filed in Hollis Automation/Electrovert U.S.A. Acquisition
September 28, 1992
Justice Department Will Not Challenge Ingersoll-Rand/Dresser
Proposed Merger Upon Completion of Certain Divestitures
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, Sep. 21, 1992 through Friday, Sep. 25, 1992
September 24, 1992
Arkansas Land Surveyors Indicted for Price
Fixing
September 23, 1992
Des Moines Hospital Association and 5 Iowa
Hospitals Charged with Restricting Advertising of Hospital Services
September 21, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, Sep. 14, 1992 through Friday, Sep. 18, 1992
September 14, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Tuesday, Sep. 8, 1992 through Friday, Sep. 11, 1992
Judge Approves $27.8 Million Justice Department
Antitrust Settlement with Salomon Brothers, Largest Civil Antitrust
Penalty
Land-O-Sun DAiries Enters Plea Agreement and
Pays $3.5 Million in Fines for Bid Rigging on School Dairy Products
Contracts
September 10, 1992
Antitrust Indictment Names 12 as Defendants
September 8, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, Aug. 31, 1992 through Friday, Sep. 4, 1992
September 3, 1992
Department of Justice Issues Business Review
Letter
September 2, 1992
Charles A. James, Acting Assistant Attorney
General in Charge of the Antitrust Division, Made the Following Statement
in Regard to the M.I.T. Case
September 1, 1992
Land-O-Sun Dairies Charged with Bid Rigging
on School Dairy Products Contracts
August
August 24, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, Aug. 17, 1992 through Friday, Aug. 21, 1992
August 20, 1992
Justice Department Will Not Oppose Page Avjet/Butler
Aviation Merger Following Actions Taken to Eliminate Competitive Concerns
August 17, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, Aug. 10, 1992 through Friday, Aug. 14, 1992
August 14, 1992
Construction Co. Agrees to Pay $760,000 Civil
Penalty for Violating Premerger Notification Requirements
August 10, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, Aug. 3, 1992 through Friday, Aug. 7, 1992
August 7, 1992
Metal Flake Firms and Individuals Charged
with Price Fixing
August 3, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, July 27, 1992 through Friday, July 31, 1992
July
July 27, 1992
Department of Justice Charges Dairy Executives
With Bid Rigging on School Milk and Dairy Products Contracts
July 13, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, June 29, 1992 through Friday, July 10, 1992
July 1, 1992
Justice Department Will Not Oppose Proposed
Merger of Two Water Heater Manufacturers Upon Completion of Certain
Divestitures
June
June 29, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, June 22, 1992 through Friday, June 26, 1992
June 25, 1992
Hughes Christensen Charged with Drill Bit
Price Fixing
June 22, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, June 15, 1992 through Friday, June 19, 1992
June 15, 1992
Justice Department Issues Business Review
Letter
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, June 8, 1992 through Friday, June 12, 1992
June 8, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, June 1, 1992 through Friday, June 5, 1992
May
May 26, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, May 18, 1992 through Friday, May 22, 1992
May 20, 1992
Department of Justice and SEC Enter $290 Million
Settlement with Salomon Brothers in Treasury Securities Case
May 18, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, May 11, 1992 through Friday, May 15, 1992
May 11, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, May 4, 1992 through Friday, May 8, 1992
May 8, 1992
Justice Department Tentatively Consents to
Proposed Modifications to Network Consent Decrees
May 5, 1992
Justice Department Issues Business Review
Letter - Automotive Service Association of Michigan
Justice Department Issues Business Review
Letter - Affiliated Distributors
May 4, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, Apr. 27, 1992 through Friday, May 1, 1992
April
April 13, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, Apr. 6, 1992 through Friday, Apr. 10, 1992
April 6, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, Mar. 30, 1992 through Friday, Apr. 3, 1992
April 3, 1992
Justice Department Will Challenge Foreign
Restraints on U.S. Exports Under Antitrust Laws
April 2, 1992
Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission
Issue Horizontal Merger Guidelines
March
March 30, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, Mar. 23, 1992 through Friday, Mar. 27, 1992
March 23, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, Mar. 16, 1992 through Friday, Mar. 20, 1992
March 17, 1992
Justice Department Releases 1991 Annual 'Digest
of Business Reviews'
March 16, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Monday, Mar. 9, 1992 through Friday, Mar. 13, 1992
March 13, 1992
Justice Department Files Complaint and Proposed
Consent Decree in Ameritrust/Society Acquisition
March 6, 1992
Justice Department Announces New Procedure
to Coordinate Merger Antitrust Investigations with States
March 2, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for Public Release for Monday, Feb. 24, 1992 through Friday, Feb. 28, 1992
February
February 28, 1992
Justice Department Will Not Challenge Bankamerica/Security
Pacific Proposed Merger Upon Completion of Certain Divestitures
February 24, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Tuesday, Feb. 18, 1992 through Friday, Feb. 21, 1992
February 18, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions
for Public Release for Tuesday, Feb. 10, 1992 through Friday, Feb. 14,
1992
February 14, 1992
Former Dairy Company Official Indicted in
Milk Probe
February 12, 1992
Justice Department Files Antitrust Suit Against
Chicago Man for Violating Pre-Merger Requirements
February 10, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release For Monday, Feb. 3, 1992 through Friday, Feb. 7, 1992
February 3, 1992
Justice Department Intends to Challenge Proposed
Joint Venture of Ingersoll-Rand and Dresser Industries
Massachusetts Allergy Society and Four Doctors
Charged with Price Fixing
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Tuesday, Jan. 27, 1992 through Friday, Jan. 31, 1992
January
January 21, 1992
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions for
Public Release for Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1992 through Friday, Jan. 25, 1992
January 16, 1992
Texas Man Charged with Bid Rigging on School
Milk Contracts
January 14, 1992
Department of Justice Issues Business Review
Letter - Experience Information Bureau Inc.
January 13, 1992
Justice Department Files Complaint and Proposed
Consent Decree in Tidewater Inc./Zapata Gulf Acquisition
Summary of Antitrust Enforcement Actions
for Public Release For Monday, Jan 6, 1992 through Friday, Jan. 10,
1992
January 10, 1992
Justice Department Makes Filing to USDA Urging
Acceleration of Milk Marketing Deregulation
