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.
1995 Press Releases
December
December 15, 1995
Texas Trade Association Charged With Price Fixing
December 14, 1995
Former Long Island New York Supplier of Display
Materials to Connecticut Liquor Company Charged in Bid Rigging Conspiracy
December 13, 1995
Justice Department's Ongoing Probe Into the
Fax Paper Industry Yields More Indictments
December 12, 1995
U.S. Justice Department and Texas Attorney General
Require Kimberly-Clark and Scott Paper to Restructure $8.9 Billion Merger
December 11, 1995
Justice Department Approves Bank Merger in the
Pacific Northwest After Parties Agree to $614 Million Divestiture
December 7, 1995
Justice Department Approves Formation of Clinical
Laboratory Network in California
December 5, 1995
Justice Department Approves South Florida Dermatology
Network
November
November 3, 1995
Justice Department Approves Proposal to Facilitate
Third-Party Payor Contracting by Georgia Podiatrist
November 2, 1995
Justice Department Approves Survey of Cost Effectiveness
of Clinical Trials Involving Breast Cancer Patients
November 1, 1995
Justice Department Approves Network of South
Carolina Dermatologists
October
October 31, 1995
Justice Department Approves Fleet/Shawmut Bank
Merger After Parties Agree to $3.7 Billion Divestiture
October 20, 1995
Justice Department and State of Florida Settle
Solid Wasted Disposal Acquisition
October 11, 1995
Justice Department Supports Plan to Allow US
West to Provide Local and Long Distance Service Outside of Its Current
Design
September
September 29, 1995
Justice Department Investigation of Health
Care Merger Concludes with Restructured Deal
Justice Department Allows Metal Building Manufacturers
Assn. to Require Applicants for Membership to Show They Have Complied
with a Safety Certification Program
Department of Justice Charges Pennsylvania
Aluminum Company With Price Fixing
Department of Justice Allows Halon Recycling
Corporation to Add Additional Fire Suppressant Chemical to Its Information
Exchange and Marketing System
Justice Department Charges Fort Worth, Texas,
Bakery and Former Executive With Price Fixing
September 28, 1995
Former Dallas Bakery Executive Charge with
Making False Statements to a Grand Jury About Bread Prices
Justice Department Charges Two Texas Wholesale
Plumbing Companies and Executive with Price Fixing
California Securities Broker Charged With Securities
and Wire Fraud for Collusive Bidding on Municipal Bond Restructuring
Justice Department Charges Greyhound With Anticompetitive
Practices
Third Man Charged as Justice Department Continues
Its Probe Into Real Estate Auction Bid Rigging in Northern Virginia
September 27, 1995
Justice Department Approves Dairy Merger After
Parties Agree to Divestiture
Two Northern Virginia Men Plead Guilty in Criminal
Bid Rigging Schemes Involving Residential Real Estate
New York City Manufacturer of Military Insignia
Charged in Bid Rigging Conspiracy
Southern California Manufacturer of Embroidered
Military Insignia Charged in Bid Rigging Conspiracy
September 26, 1995
Two Japanese Fax Paper Companies Agree to Pay
Fines Totaling More Than $3.5 Million for Their Involvement in a Price
Fixing Conspiracy
Justice Stops Tampa, Florida, Ocean Carrier
From Imposing an Additional Cost on Small Wine Importers
September 25, 1995
Denver Polypropylene Bag Company Charged with
Defrauding the Government in Supplying Bags to Ship Grain to Needy Countries
September 22, 1995
Pittsburgh Metals Producer Pleads Guilty in
Nationwide Price Fixing Conspiracy
September 20, 1995
Justice Department Charges National Automobile
Dealers Association With Limiting Price Competition in Car Sales to
Consumers
Statement by Anne K. Bingaman, Assistant Attorney
General of the Antitrust Division Following AT&T's Restructuring Announcement
September 15, 1995
Department of Justice Approves Proposal to
Establish National Network of Orthotic and Prosthetic Clinical Facilities
Department of Justice Agrees to Terminate 1968
Consent Decree Against Seller of Stencil Duplicating Machines
September 14, 1995
Former New York Supplier of Display Materials
to Connecticut Liquor Company Charged in Bid Rigging, Tax Fraud Conspiracy
September 13, 1995
Delaware Jeep Parts Company Charged With Rigging
Bids on Military Surplus Material
Justice Department Takes Unprecedented Action
to Stop Doctors and Hospitals in Connecticut, Missouri From Blocking
Managed Care
September 7, 1995
Northern California Banknotes Dealer Charged
with Collusive Bidding on Rare Banknotes at New York City Auction
September 6, 1995
Justice Department Takes 'One Two Punch' Against
Criminal Price Fixers
August
August 22, 1995
Dallas Explosive Company Agrees to Pay a Record
$10 Million Fine for Conspiring to Fix Prices of Explosives in Three
States
August 16, 1995
Antitrust Division Names New Deputy Assistant
Attorney General for Economic Analysis
August 8, 1995
Antitrust Division Names New Deputy Assistant
Attorney General
The Department of Justice Issued the Following
Statement Today Regarding its Ongoing Investigation on Issues Surrounding
Microsoft Windows 95
Justice Department Announces New Antitrust
Deputy for Regulatory Affairs
August 3, 1995
New Antitrust Cooperation Agreement Signed Between
United States and Canada
August 2, 1995
Justice Department Settles Charges Against FTD,
the Leading Flowers-By-Wire Company, for Violating 1990 Consent Decree
July
July 31, 1995
Iowa Dairy and Manager Charged in Milk Bid-Rigging
Conspiracy
July 28, 1995
July Department Preserves Competition
in Mainframe Computer Software Markets; Requires Computer Associates
to Modify Proposed Acquisition of Legent
July 27, 1995
Justice Department Provides Guidance to National
Association of Court Reporters
July 21, 1995
Justice Department Approves Proposal to Allow
Musical Rights Societes to Discuss Pending Legislation in Congress
July 20, 1995
Justice Department Requires Two Major Bread
Manufacturers to Change Their Proposed Merger—Consumers in California,
Midwest Will Benefit
July 18, 1995
Justice Department Allows Information Exchange
in Order to Reduce Mail-in-Offer Rebate Fraud; Will Benefit Consumers
July 17, 1995
Justice Department Approves Proposal to Establish
Networks of Prosthetists and Orthotist in Pennsylvania
July 14, 1995
Justice Department Approves Pennsylvania Travel
Company's Proposal to Form Group to Negotiate Domestic Air Travel Fares
on Behalf of Corporate Customers
July 13, 1995
Justice Department Preserves Competition in
International Telephone Service; Requires Sprint, France Telecom, Deutsche
Telekom to Change Business Deal
July 5, 1995
Closing of Ticketmaster Investigation
June
June 30, 1995
Statement of Anne K. Bingaman, Assistant Attorney
General For the Antitrust Division Regarding the District Court's Decision
to Prevent the Acquisition of the Northwest Arkansas Times by the Owners
of its Main Competitor
June 27, 1995
Justice Department and American Bar Association
Resolve Charges that the ABA's Process forAccrediting Law Schools was
Misused
June 21, 1995
Harvard Law Professor Phillp Areeda Receives
the Antitrust Division's 1995 John Sherman Award
June 16, 1995
Court of Appeals Overturns District Courts's
Decision in Microsoft Case
June 14, 1995
Ohio Truck Parts Company Charged With Rigging
Bids on $2 Million Worth of Military Surplus Material
June 12, 1995
Justice Department Files Suit to Block New Jersey
Clay Company's Bid to Purchase West Virginia Clay Company's Plant and
Reserves
June 7, 1995
Justice Department Files First Charges in Nationwide
Investigation into Collusive Practices in the Carpet Industry
June 6, 1995
New York Dairy Company Indicted in Milk Bid-Rigging
Conspiracy
June 1, 1995
Wholesale Plumbing Supply Company Charged With
Price Fixing
Three California Companies and Two Executivies
Charged With Price Fixing on Aluminum Parts Used in Constructing Airplanes
May
May 25, 1995
New York Dairy Pleads Guilty and Will Pay $250,000
For Its Participation in Milk Bid Rigging Conspiracy
Justice Department Approves Merger Involving
Asphalt Paving Manufacturers
May 24, 1995
Revisions in Private Settlement Between TWA
and Travel Agents Alleviates Justice Department's Antitrust Concerns
May 20, 1995
Microsoft and Intuit Abandon Merger Plans:
Competition is Preserved in the Personal Finance Software Market
May 16, 1995
Western Ney York Abrasive Grains Manufacturer
and Vice President Indicted for False Statements
May 12, 1995
Justice Department Approves Proposal that
Will Assist Consumers in Selection of Long-Term Care Providers
May 9, 1995
Northeast Fax paper Importer Charged in Justice
Department's Investigation of International Price Fixing
May 5, 1995
Texas Wholesale Plumbing Supply Company Charged
with Price Fixing
May 4, 1995
Illinois Dairy and Three Individuals Charged
in Dairy Products Bid Rigging Conspiracy
April
April 27, 1995
Justice Department Files Antitrust Suit to Challenge
Microsoft's Purchase of Intuit
April 18, 1995
Justice Department Approves the Hearst Coporation's
Purchase of the Houston Post
April 7, 1995
Tennessee Dairy Charged with Rigging Bids
to Supply Milk to Public Schools
April 6, 1995
Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission
Issue Joint Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property
Canadian Corporation Charged with Collusive
Bidding on Rare Banknotes at New York City Auction
April 5, 1995
Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission
Release New International Antitrust Guidelines
April 3, 1995
Press Conference and Remarks of Anne Bingaman,
Assistant Attorney General, Regarding Agreement Reached with Ameritech
to Allow Entrance into the Long Distance Market
AG Unveils Plan to Open Local Phone Markets,
Allow Ameritech in Long Distance Market "An Historic Day for the
American Consumer"
March
March 30, 1995
Justice Department Approves Proposal to Form
Physicain Netwok Joint Venture in Memphis, Tennessee Area
March 29, 1995
Justice Department Will Not Challenge Health
Care Plan to Provide a Wisconsin Subacute-Care Network
March 28, 1995
Justice Department Files Antitrust Suit Challenging
Common Ownership of Arkansas Newspapers
March 23, 1995
Executive of New York City Printing Company
Charged in Tax Fraud Conspiracy
Statement of Anne K. Bingaman, Assistant Attorney
General in Charge of the Antitrust Division, Department of Justice,
Concerning Telecommunications Bill Voted Out of Senate Commerce Committee
Thursday, March 23, 1995
Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission
Announce Steps to Streamline the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Premerger Review
Process
March 16, 1995
President of Massachusetts Company Receives
Stiff Penalty For His Involvement in a Nationwide Plasticware Price
Fixing Conspiracy
March 11, 1995
Justice Department Announces Antitrust Review
of Proposed Settlement Between TWA and Travel Agents
March 9, 1995
Justice Department Approves Minnesota Insurance
Company's Medical Fraud and Abuse Detection Proposal
March 7, 1995
Justice Department Approves Acquisition in
Oil and Gas Well Pressure Pumping Service Industry
Justice Department Allows Television Stations
to Exchange Information Relating to Prices Paid for Ratings Services
February
February 24, 1995
Missippi Door Company Charged With Fixing Prices
of Residential Doors
February 23, 1995
Joel Klein Named Antitrust Deputy for Regulatory
Affairs
February 22, 1995
Justice Department Approves Proposal to Convene
Discussion Forums for Intermodal Freight Haulers
February 16, 1995
Justice Department Files Appeal in Microsoft
Case
February 9, 1995
Antitrust Division Names Chief of Staff
February 8, 1995
Justice Department Allows Los Angeles Area Heating
and Air Conditioning Dealers to Engage in Cooperative Advertising
February 1, 1995
Deputy Assistant Attorney General Named to Oversee
Antitrust Criminal Enforcement
January
January 31, 1995
Justice Department Will File Antitrust Suit
and Proposed Settlement in Sabreliner/Midcoast Merger
Playmobil Agrees to Stop Fixing Retail Prices
of Toys After Justice Department Charged the Practice Eliminated Competition
January 26, 1995
Justice Department Approves Restructured Offshore
Oil Field Services Deal in the Gulf of Mexico
January 19, 1995
Rumson, New Jersey, Company Charged with Mail
Fraud in Scheme to Defraud Federal Government in Food Contracts
January 12, 1995
Former Salesman of Display Materials to Philip
Morris Charged in Bid-Rigging Conspiracy
Justice Department Settles Case Against EL Paso
Natural Gas Co.
January 11, 1995
Chicago Man Will Pay $425,000 Civil Penalty
to Settle Charges of Violating Antitrust Premerger Notification Requirements
Department of Justice Agrees to Terminate
1919 Consent Decree Against Massachusetts Seafood Auction House
