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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 Executives 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 Physician Network 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
