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December
December 30, 1997
General Electric Cleared to Go Forward With Merger After it Agrees to Grant License to Competitor
Alcoa Abandons Purchase of Reynolds Aluminum Can Stock Plant
December 29, 1997
Justice Department Challenges Alcoa's Purchase of Reynolds' Aluminum Stock Plant
December 22, 1997
Charged With International Conspiracies, Three Companies Pay Second Largest Fine in Antitrust History
December 18, 1997
Nebraska Man Charged in Scheme to Rig Bids on Cattle Purchases
December 17, 1997
French Company Agrees to Pay $2.5 Million Fine for Participating in International Price Fixing Conspiracy
DOJ Moves to Hold Microsoft in Contempt and Asks Judge to Enforce Injunction
December 16, 1997
Ohio Food Service Contractors Agree to Dissolve Joint Venture That Inflated Prices for Head Start Meal Program
Nebraska Cattle Buyer Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Rig Bids for the Purchase of Cattle
Antitrust Division Names New Chief of Staff
December 11, 1997
Federal Court Orders Microsoft to Stop its "Tying" Practices
December 10, 1997
Justice Recommends FCC Deny BellSouth Long Distance Application in Lousiana
December 9, 1997
Justice Department Reaches Record Agreement with NationsBank
November
November 24, 1997
Reno, Klein Unveil First-Ever Committee to Attack Anticompetitive Cartels
November 20, 1997
Justice Department Allows Joint Purchasing of Electric Power by Group of California Manufacturers
November 19, 1997
Justice Department Requires Voting Machine Manufacturers to Sell Off Voting Tabulation Business in Order to Merge
November 13, 1997
Two Miami Area Scrap Metal Companies, Four Executives Indicted in Price Fixing Conspiracy
November 6, 1997
Justice Department Sues to Block Chancellor Media Corp.'s Acqisition of SFX Broadcasting's Long Island Radio Stations
Former Executive of Russell-Stanley Corporation Charged With Perjury
Former Executive of a Dallas Explosives Company Indicted in Price Fixing Conspiracy in Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana
November 4, 1997
Justice Department Recommends That FCC Deny BellSouth Long Distance Application in South Carolina
November 3, 1997
Justice Department Will Not Challenge Joint Venture Between HMO and Physician Organization in Northeastern Pennsylvania
October
October 24, 1997
Estimator For New Jersey Construction Company Indicted for Wire Fraud
October 23, 1997
Connoisseur Communications Gets Justice Department Clearence to Acquire Two Youngstown, Ohio Radio Stations After Selling Two Others
October 20, 1997
Justice Department Charges Microsoft with Violating 1995 Court Order
October 17, 1997
Justice Department Reaches Agreement With Wachovia and Central Fidelity for Divestitures in Three Virginia Markets
October 16, 1997
Justice Department Requires Divestitures as Condition of Raytheon's Acquisition of Hughes Aircraft
October 2, 1997
Justice Department Requires Raytheon to Sell Key Electronics Businesses in Order to Go Forward with Its Hughes Aircraft Deal
September
September 30, 1997
New Jersey Ammunition Manufacturer Charged with Bid Rigging
Four Rochester Area Utility Construction Companies and Their Executives Indicted in Bid Rigging Conspiracy
September 24, 1997
Two Dutch Companies Plead Guilty to International Price Fixing: Sentenced to Pay $10 Million Criminal Fine
September 23, 1997
Wisconsin Advertising Display Company and Two Top Executives Agree to Plead Guilty and Pay Over $9 Million for Rigging Bids and Fixing Prices in Brewery Contracts
September 18, 1997
Antitrust Division Names Two Additions to Leadership Team
September 10, 1997
Justice Department Urges Department of Education to Remove School Credit Transfer Barriers Imposed by Regional Accrediting Agency
Justice Department Urges Kentucky Bar to Allow Non-Lawyers to Participate in Real Estate Closings
September 3, 1997
Cleveland Explosives Company Executive Indicted in Price Fixing Conspiracy in Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana
Justice Department Requires Mid-America Dairymen Inc. to Sell Borden/Meadow Gold Dairies in Order for Deal to go Forward
Justice Department Allows Telecommunications Company to Exchange Defaulted Residential Account Information
August
August 29, 1997
Justice Department Approves Clear Channel Communications' Acquisition of Paxson Communications
August 25, 1997
Justice Department Approves Dundee Realty USA as Buyer for Colorado's Arrapahoe Basin Ski Area
August 22, 1997
Justice Department Approves Tyco International's Acquisition of Keystone International
Justice Department Requires Sale of Pittsburgh Landfill in Settlement with USA Waste/United Waste Systems
August 15, 1997
Justice Department Approves Outdoor Systems Inc.'s Acquisition of 3M's Subsidiary, National Advertising
August 14, 1997
Northern Virginia Real Estate Speculator Indicted In Bid Rigging Scam
August 8, 1997
Nutrite Corp. Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Pay $1.5 Million Fine for Price Fixing
August 6, 1997
Statement of Attorney General Janet Reno and Assistant Attorney General Joel I. Klein on the President's Nomination of Michael K. Powell as FCC Commissioner
August 1, 1997
Antitrust Division Statement Regarding Microsoft/Web TV Merger
July
July 30, 1997
Former Executive of One of the World's Largest Commercial Explosives Companies Charged with Bid Rigging
Justice Department Will Not Challenge Proposal by a Group of Physicians in Vermont to Form a Joint Venture
Justice Department Asks Court to Modify 1950 ASCAP Settlement
Justice Department Approves Proposal by Construction Trade Association to Require Members to Comply with Certification Standards
July 17, 1997
Statement of Attorney General Janet Reno on the Confirmation of Eric H. Holder, Jr. and Joel I. Klein
July 16, 1997
Former Executive of Rochester, New York Area Construction Firm Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging Conspiracy
July 14, 1997
Justice Department and Texas Attorney General Require Sale of Landfill Space in Settlement With Allied and USA Waste
July 8, 1997
Justice Department Charges Pennsylvania Company With Conspiring to Allocate and Rig Bids on Bridge Inspection and Structural Rigging Services
July 7, 1997
Justice Department Concludes Proposed Gastroenterologists Merger Poses Substantial Risk of Competitive Harm
Justice Department Asks Court to Modify and Extend Previous British Telecom/MCI Settlement After Reviewing New Deal
July 2, 1997
Justice Department Requires Raytheon and Texas Instruments to Divest Key Unit Before Approval of Their $2.9 Billion Merger
June
June 26, 1997
Justice Department Approves Proposal for Joint Licensing of Patents Essential for Meeting Video Technology Standard Used in Electronics and Broadcast Industries
June 25, 1997
Justice Department Recommends to FCC That It Deny Ameritech's Application to Provide Long Distance in Michigan
June 24, 1997
Justice Department Sues New York's Rochester Gas & Electric Co. Over Anticompetitive Agreement With the University of Rochester
June 23, 1997
Illinois Display Co. and Top Executive Agree to Plead Guilty and Pay $450,000 in Fines for Rigging Bids and Fixing Prices on Brewery Contracts
June 19, 1997
German and Brazillian Piston Cos. Pay Record $5.6 Million Penalty for Violating Antitrust Premerger Notification Requirements
June 18, 1997
Correction--Antitrust Press Release
Justice Department Reaches Settlement With Connecticut Fertilizer Co. That Prevents Company From Continuing Collusive Practices
June 11, 1997
Justice Department Sues to Block Long Island Hospital Combination
June 10, 1997
Justice Department Will not Challenge Joint Venture of New Mexico Orthopedic Specialists
June 2, 1997
Justice Department Requires Louisiana Advertising Company to Divest Billboards in Four Southeastern Metro Areas As Condition of Merger
May
May 30, 1997
Justice Department Approves Proposal by Escalator Industry to Develop Improved Safety Standards
Laroche Industries Inc. Pleads Guilty To Price Fixing, Pays $1.5 Million
May 27, 1997
Martin Marietta Materials Agrees to Divestiture in Order to Acquire American Aggregates
May 20, 1997
Justice Department Approves Proposal by Russell-Stanley Corp. to Be Prime Contractor for Industrial Steel Drums Sold in U.S.
Justice Department Approves Fish Catchers/Processors Proposal to Allocate Amongst Themselves the Amount of Government-Regulated Pacific Whiting They Can Harvest
May 16, 1997
Justice Department Recommends to FCC That it Reject SBC Communications' Application to Provide Long Distance in OK
May 15, 1997
Wisconsin Executive Charged with Price Fixing on Metal Building Insulation Sold in Texas
April
April 29, 1997
Southern National and United Carolina Bancshares Agree to Sell 20 North Carolina Bank Branches to Gain Justice Department Approval of Their Merger
April 28, 1997
Justice Department Asks European Communities to Investigate Possible Anticompetitive Conduct Affecting U.S Airlines' Computer Reservation Systems
April 25, 1997
Minnesota, Iowa Dairies Agreed to Plead Guilty and Will Each Pay $1 Million for Participating in Milk Price Fixing Conspiracy
April 24, 1997
Antitrust Division Statement Regarding Bell Atlantic/Nynex Merger
Justice Department Urges FCC to Adopt Reforms of Its Access Charge Rules to Increase Competition
April 23, 1997
Justice Department Approves Petroleum Exploration and Production Joint Research and Development Proposal
April 21, 1997
Justice Department Requires Sell Off of Salt Assets in Settlement With Salt Producers Cargill and Akzo
April 17, 1997
International Enforcement to Be Boosted by New Agreement With Australia
April 16, 1997
Justice Department Will Not Challenge Merger of Baton Rouge Surgeons
Justice Department Will Not Challenge Merger of Two Mobile, Alabama, Orthopedic Groups
April 8, 1997
Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission Announce Revisions to Merger Guidelines
April 1, 1997
Statement by Attorney General Janet Reno on Impending Television Advertisements for Hard Liquor
March
March 31, 1997
Justice Department and Seven State Attorneys General Approve Sale of Thomson Corp. Legal Publishing Products to Reed-Elsevier Inc.
March 28, 1997
New Hampshire Asphalt Co. Abandons Plans to Buy Plants in Vermont and New Hampshire After Justice Department Expresses Concerns
March 26, 1997
Justice Department's Ongoing Probe Into the Food and Feed Additives Industry Yields $25 Million More in Criminal Fines
March 20, 1997
Justice Department Issues 1996 Annual Supplement to the "Digest of Business Reviews"
March 18, 1997
First Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses Lower Court's Decision to Dismiss Indictment in Fax Paper Antitrust Case
First Virginia and Premier Agree to Sell off Three VA. Bank Branches Worth $44.3 Million to Gain Justice Approval
March 7, 1997
Judge Approves Thomson/West Settlement
March 6, 1997
Gulfstar Communications Abandons Purchase of Three Arkansas Radio Stations After Justice Department Expresses Antitrust Concerns
February
February 27, 1997
Justice Department Requires American Radio Systems Corp. to Divest Radio Stations in Calofornia and North Carolina
February 26, 1997
Justice Charges Ohio Parts Company With Rigging Bids on Surplus Military Goods
February 20, 1997
Justice Reaches Settlement with Rhode Island Dental Insurer That Prohibits Agreements That Discourage Discounting
February 18, 1997
Owner of Texarkana, Texas Box Company Charged With Procurement and Mail Fraud
February 13, 1997
Figgie International and its Former Ceo Will Pay Civil Penalties for Violating Antitrust Premerger Reporting Requirements
February 12, 1997
Justice Department Will Not Challenge Proposal to Form Provider Network in Santa Fe, New Mexico
February 11, 1997
Justice Will Not Challenge Joint Venture of Marin County, California Hospitals
Justice Charges 10 West Coast Commercial Crab Fishermen with Price Fixing
February 5, 1997
Justice Department Approves Palm Beach, Florida Flight Support Services Merger
Toledo Company and Manager of Rival Firm Charged
January
January 29, 1997
Justice Department's Ongoing Probe Into the Food and Feed Additives Industrly Yields Second Largets Fine Ever
January 23, 1997
Long Island Display Materials Manufacturer and Former Salesman Charged With Conspiring to Defraud the IRS
January 17, 1997
Justice Department Allows Group of Attorneys to Provide Legal Representation to Construction Industry Clients On a Refundable Flat Fee Basis
January 9, 1997
Former Alcoholic Beverages Purchasing Agent in Florida & Michigan Charged in New York with Conspiring to Commit Mail Fraud
January 6, 1997
Justice Allows Georgia-based Retail Price Auditing Co. To Buy and Publish Lists of Product Shelf Prices
January 3, 1997
Colorado Ski Resort Merger Approved With Conditions To Keep Prices Lower for Skiers
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