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USDOJ: Antitrust Division 1994 Press Releases

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December

December 16, 1994

Justice Department and Maine Attorney General's Office Approve Maine Bank Merger Upon Completion of Certain Divestitures

Justice Department, SEC Announce that Steinhardt and Caxton Will Pay $76 Million to Settle Antitrust and Securities Charges

December 15, 1994

Justice Department Stops Agreements That Inhibited Vision Care Discounting Nationwide

Former Executive of Steel Drum Manufacturer Charged with Participating in Price-Fixing Conspiracy

December 8, 1994

Justice Department Approves Proposal to Form Radiologist Phsician Joint Venture Network

December 7, 1994

Virgin Islands Liquor Wholesaler Finds Exclusionary Practices After Justice Department Files Antitrust Suit

December 5, 1994

Eight Long Island Hospitals Agree to Stop Preventing Discounts on Hospital Services

U.S. District Judge Smith Grants General Electric's Motion for Judgment of Acquittal

December 1, 1994

Joint Antitrust Suit Proposed Settlement filed in trash Hauling Aquisition

November

November 30, 1994

Former Dairy Manager Charged with Bid Rigging on School Milk Contracts in Illinois and Iowa

November 23, 1994

Restonic Corporation Charged with Criminal Contempt for Violation of 1960 Consent Decree

November 22, 1994

Two Residental Door Manufacturers Charged for Involvement in Price Fixing Conspiracy

November 16, 1994

Connecticut Bicycle Retailer Charged with Price-Fixing

November 14, 1994

Justice Department will not Challenge Tobacco Cooperatives' Inventory Sales

November 3, 1994

Kansas Drywall Company Charged with Aiding Mail Fraud Conspiracy at a Kansas City Shopping Center Renovation

Justice Department Tentatively Approves the Termination of a 1911 Consent Decree on the Sale of Incandescent Light Bulbs

November 2, 1994

Assistant Attorney General Anne K. Bingaman's Statement Upon the President's Signing of the International Antitrust Enforcement Assistance Act

October

October 31, 1994

Justice Department Approves Merger of Two New Mexico Pulmonary Physician Groups

October 28, 1994

Department of Justice Approves Proposal for a Bowling Green Area Health Care Network

October 27, 1994

New York Man Charged with Tax Evasion for his Role in Bid Rigging Conspiracy Against Philip Morris

Justice Department Preserves Competition in Commercial Dispatch Services Market by Filing Antitrust Suit and Settlement

Justice Department Approves Proposal to Make California'S Chiropractic Service More Available

October 25, 1994

Travel Agent Trade Association Agrees to End Anticompetitive Practices

October 20, 1994

Former Suppliers of Display Materials to Philip Morris Charged in $25 Million Bid Rigging and Kickback Conspiracy

October 13, 1994

Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission Release International Antitrust Guidelines for Public Comment

October 8, 1994

Attorney General's Statement Upon Passage of the Antitrust Enforcement Assistantce Act of 1994

September

September 27, 1994

Pennzoil Will Pay $2.6 Million Civil Penalty for Violating Antitrust Premerger Notification Requirements

New Antitrust Enforcement Policy Statements Issued for Health Care Industry

Atlanta Truck Dealer Indicted for Bid-Rigging of Used Trucks Sold at Government Auctions

September 26, 1994

Justice Will Not Challenge Tax Software Company Aquisition After Leading Company Agrees to License Certain Technology

Connecticut Bicycle Retailer Charged with Price-Fixing

September 22, 1994

Justice Department Allows Mortgage Industry Firm to Exchange Fraud and Misrepresentation Information

September 14, 1994

Justice Department Approves Proposal to Facilitate Managed Care Contracting by New York Podiatrists

September 8, 1994

Department of Justice Files Antitrust Suit, Proposed Consent Decree in Merger of Two Atlanta Outdoor Advertising Companies

Corporation Charged with Rigging Bids for a New Jersey Building Restoration Project

August

August 30, 1994

Department of Justice and Arizona State Attorney General Break Up Dental Group's Conspiracy to Eliminate Discounting

August 24, 1994

Justice Department will not Challenge Plan that Creates Committee to Identify Broker Compensation Practices

August 12, 1994

California Tanning Products Company Settles Antitrust Suit Charging it with Price Fixing

August 10, 1994

Antitrust Chief Announces Leniency Policy for Individuals

August 8, 1994

Justice Department Releases Draft Intellectual Property Guidelines for Public Comment

August 4, 1994

North Dakota Company Charged with Rigging Highway Striping Bids

Justice Department Blocks Illegal Arrangement Between Two Pesticide Companies

Department of Justice Causes BellSouth and Prime Cable to Restructure Partnership

July

July 16, 1994

Microsoft Agrees to End Unfair Monopolistic Practices

Press Conference with Attorney General Reno and Assistant Attorney General Anne Bingaman Regarding the Microsoft Settlement

July 15, 1994

Justice Department Files Antitrust Suit and Consent Decree in AT&T-McCaw Merger

July 14, 1994

Antitrust Division Breaks International Price Fixing Conspiracy in Fax Paper Industry

Transcript of Press Conference with Attorney General Reno and Assistant Attorney General Anne Bingaman Regarding the Break Up of an International Price Fixing Conspiracy in the Fax Paper Industry

July 13, 1994

Massachusetts Scrap Metal Company and its President Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging

July 8, 1994

Connecticut Dairy Owner Pleads Guilty to Charges of Bid Rigging on School Milk Contracts

July 6, 1994

Department of Justice Will Not Challenge Des Moines Area Health Care Network

July 5, 1994

Justice Department Will Not Challenge Trade Association's Participation with EPA in Establishing Engine Emission Standards

June

June 30, 1994

Oklahoma Man Charged with Mail Fraud in Kansas City Shopping Center Renovation

Justice Department Agrees to Modify Broadcast Music Inc. 1966 Consent Decree

More Bid Rigging Charges Filed in Connection with a Kansas City Shopping Center Renovation

June 29, 1994

Justice Department Approves Cincinnati Accounting Firm's Dental Fees Survey Proposal

June 23, 1994

Residential Door Manufacturer Charged in Price Fixing Conspiracy, Second Case Filed in Ongoing Investigation

Largest Connecticut Bicycle Retailer Charged with Price-Fixxing

June 21, 1994

Department of Justice Agrees to Terminate 1957 Consent Decree Against Connecticut Firm

June 20, 1994

Department of Justice Will Not Challenge Alabama Health Care Demonstration Project

June 17, 1994

Justice Department Settles Florida Hospital Merger Case, Deal Provides Lower Health Care Prices and Preserves Competition

June 15, 1994

Justice Department Files Antitrust Suit and Consent Decree in British Telecom and MCI Joint Venture and Investment Agreement

June 14, 1994

Residential Door Manufacturer Agrees to Pay $6 Million in Fines for Involvement in Price Fixing Conspiracy

June 13, 1994

Attorney General Reno Unveils New Proposal to Strengthen International Antitrust Efforts

June 10, 1994

Department of Justice Files Antitrust Suit to Block the Creation of a Hospital Monopoly in Iowa

June 9, 1994

Antitrust Division Breaks Price Fixing Conspiracy in Disposable Plastic Dinnerware Industry

June 7, 1994

Justice Department Will Not Sue Annapolis Banks Over Joint Loan Program for Low and Middle-Income Households

May

May 27, 1994

Texas Dairy Charged with Rigging Bids on Contracts to Supply Milk to Public Schools and Hospitals in Texas

May 26, 1994

Justice Department Files First Antitrust Suit Against Foreign Company Since 1992 Policy Change

Kentucky Dairy and its President Charged with Conspiring to Rig School Milk Bids in Kentucky and Ohio

May 20, 1994

Justice Department Approves Hotel Employees Union Proposal to Exchange Information to Health Care Provider

May 5, 1994

First Joint Antitrust Prosecution Involving Justice Department and a State Will Challenge Proposed Florida Hospital Merger

Letter to the Honorable Cynthia M. Maleski, Insurance Commissioner, Pennsylvania, Regarding Independence Blue Cross's Prudent-Buyer Policy

May 2, 1994

Two Waterjet Manufacturers Abandon Merger Plans Following Justice Department's Suit to Challenge Acquisition

April

April 28, 1994

Justice Department Aproves TCI/Liberty Merger After Companies Agree Not to Discriminate Against Independent Programmers

Kentucky Milk Company Charged with Rigging Bids on Milk Contracts to Western Kentucky Public Schools

April 21, 1994

Justice Department Files Antitrust Suit Against the Largest Regional ATM Network in the U.S.

April 20, 1994

Justice Department Approves Plan to Develop Alternate Means to Generate Electricity

April 19, 1994

Justice Department Will Not Challenge Joint Venture Network of Automobile Transporters

April 14, 1994

Corporation Charged with Rigging Bids for a New Jersey Building Restoration Project

Justice Department Approves Wisconsin Bank Merger Upon Completion of Certain Divestitures

April 8, 1994

Letter to Honorable Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Regarding Prior Approval of Wisconsin Bank Merger

Antitrust Chief Outlines Proposed Intellectual Property Initiatives, Division Accomplishments at ABA Conference

April 6, 1994

Deputy Assistant Attorney General Named to Oversee Antitrust Litigation

April 4, 1994

Department of Justice Files Antitrust Suit to Block Merger of Two Waterjet Cutting Equipment Manufacturers

March

March 30, 1994

Justice Department Clears the Way for Machinists Union to Retain Directors on Boards of Two Competing Airlines

March 28, 1994

Cincinnati Company and its President Charged with Bid Rigging on School Milk Contracts in Ohio and Kentucky

March 25, 1994

Louisiana Seafood Company Charged with Crawfish Price Fixing

March 23, 1994

Justice Department Intends to File Antitrust Suit to Block Merger Between Two Waterjet Cutting Equipment Companies

Justice Department Will Not Challenge Houston Health Care Group Purchasing Association Plan

March 21, 1994

Houston Company Indicted on Bid Rigging on Grocery Contracts to Public School Districts in Texas

March 18, 1994

Massachusetts Paving Company and its President Indicted for Fraud

Alabama Man Charged with Bid Rigging on School Milk Contracts

March 17, 1994

Justice Department Settles Airlines Price Fixing Suit, May Save Consumers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

March 14, 1994

Justice Department Files Antitrust Complaint Against Utah Hospitals

March 11, 1994

Alabama Dairy Company Charged with Bid Rigging on School Milk Contracts

March 10, 1994

Connecticut Dairy Company Pleads Guilty to Charges of Bid Rigging on School Milk Contracts

March 8, 1994

Justice Department Allows Telecommunications Company to Exchange Defaulted Commercial Account Information

March 4, 1994

Former New York Dairy Employee Pleads Guilty in Milk Bid Rigging Conspiracy

February

February 18, 1994

Department of Justice Approves New Jersey Hospital Association Proposal for Survey

Department of Justice Approves California Business Group's Plan to Form Purchasing Group to Buy Health Care Benefits

February 17, 1994

General Electric and De Beers Charged with Fixing Industrial Diamond Prices

February 15, 1994

Justice Department Will Not Challenge Credit Association Proposal

February 14, 1994

Department of Justice Approves Restructured Construction Business Deal in Tucscon, Arizona

January

January 31, 1994

Justice Department Approves Divestiture by Eaton Corporation to Thomas & Betts

January 25, 1994

Justice Department Allows Insurance Organization's Proposal to Create a Computer Database to Compare Prices

Department of Justice Will Not Challenge Extension of Voluntary Program Addressing Television Violence

January 24, 1994

Two Texas Plumbing Supply Companies, Individual Charged with Price Fixing

January 19, 1994

Justice Department Files Suit, Proposed Settlement Against Two Major Defense Contractors -- Action Will Save Defense $12 Million

January 10, 1994

Antitrust Chief Pledges to Protect Competition in Technology

January 6, 1994

Former Philip Morris Purchasing Agent Charged with Bid Rigging and Tax Evasion in New York

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