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December
December 30, 1998
Justice Department Settles Merger Lawsuit with Waste Management and Eastern Environmental Services
Justice Department Approves AT&T's Merger with TCI After Companies Agree to Divestiture
December 23, 1998
Justice Department Approves Proposal by Association of Independent Corrugated Converters to Allow Joint Selling by its Members
Justice Department Consents to Termination of British Telecom/MCI Consent Decree
December 18, 1998
Justice Department Moves to End Exclusive Agreement Between IBM and Storagetek in Mainframe Computer Disk Storage Subsystem Products
December 17, 1998
Justice Department Approves Joint Licensing of Patents Essential for Making DVD-Video and DVD-ROM Discs and Players
December 3, 1998
Manhattan Executive Charged with Tax Evasion in Kickback Scheme
November
November 30, 1998
Justice Department Reaches Agreement with City Holding Company and Horizon Bancorp Inc. for West Virginia Divestitures
Justice Department Approves Monsanto's Acquisition of DeKalb Genetics Corporation
November 25, 1998
Justice Department Approves Chancellor Media Corporation's Acquisition of Whiteco Industries' Outdoor Advertising Assets
November 23, 1998
Justice Department Approves Pearson's Purchase of Viacom Publishing Businesses
November 17, 1998
Justice Department Files suit to Block Waste Management's Acquisition of Eastern Environmental Services
Texas Company Charged with Rigging Bids on School Bread Contracts
November 12, 1998
Justice Department Approves Chancellor Media Corporation's Acquisition of Kunz & Company's Outdoor Advertising Assets
November 10, 1998
Justice Department Sues Three Firms over FCC Auction Practices
November 4, 1998
Statement by Assistant Attorney General Joel Klein on Bender v. West Decision
October
October 23, 1998
Justice Department Files Suit to Block Northwest Airlines' Takeover of Continental Airlines
October 21, 1998
Houston Executive Charged with Price Fixing on Metal Building Insulation
October 19, 1998
Individual Charged with Criminal Contempt for Failing to Appear Before Grand Jury
October 14, 1998
Joel Klein Statement Regarding Primestar Abandoning Deal to Acquire News Corp./MCI's Direct Broadcast Satellite Assets
October 13, 1998
Justice Department Approves Norwest/Wells Fargo Merger After Parties Agree to $1.18 Billion Divestiture
October 9, 1998
Justice Department Reaches Agreement with U.S. Bancorp for Clark County, Washington Divestiture
October 7, 1998
Remarks of Attorney General Janet Reno on DOJ Case Against VISA and Mastercard
Remarks of Assistant Attorney General Joel I. Klein on DOJ Case Against Visa and Mastercard
Justice Department Files Antitrust Suit Against Visa and Mastercard for Limiting Competition in Credit Card Network Market
October 2, 1998
Justice Department Approves Lamar Advertising Company's Acquisition of Outdoor Communications Inc.'s Billboard Assets
September
September 30, 1998
Wilbur-Ellis Company Agrees to Plead Guilty to Criminal Contempt
Eastman Chemical Company Agrees to Plead Guilty to Price Fixing Charges and Pay $11 Million Criminal Fine
Texas Company Charged with Fixing Prices of Automotive Replacement Glass
September 29, 1998
Halliburton Co. Agrees to Sell Part of its Worldwide Oil Field Services Business and its Drilling Fluids Business in Order to Proceed with Dresser Industries Merger
September 24, 1998
Talleyrand Broadcasting Abandons Effort to Acquire Radio Stations from Citadel Broadcasting
September 23, 1998
25 New York Real Estate Brokers Plead Guilty to Rigging Bids at Queens County Courthouse Foreclosure Auctions
Department of Justice Blocks Medical Mutual of Ohio's Use of Anti-Discounting Clauses in Hospital Contracts in the Cleveland Area
September 17, 1998
Jury Finds Former Top ADM Executives Guilty of Price Fixing
September 15, 1998
Justice Department Will Not Challenge Merger of Physician Organization in Pennsylvania
September 8, 1998
Justice Department Approves Banc One / First Chicago Bank Merger after Parties Agree to $1.47 Billion Divestiture in Indiana
September 4, 1998
Justice Department Allows Joint Purchasing of Electric Power by Textile Manufacturers
September 2, 1998
Capstar Broadcasting Partners Abandons Acquisition of KATQ Radio in Texarkana, Texas After Justice Department Expresses Antitrust Concerns
Ammunition Company Charged with Bid Rigging
August
August 27, 1998
Texas Company Charged with Fixing Prices of Automotive Replacement Glass
August 20, 1998
Long Island, New York Printing Company Charged with Rigging Bids on Display Contracts to Lorillard Tobacco Co.
August 19, 1998
Justice Recommends FCC Deny Bellsouth's Second Long Distance Application in Louisiana
August 14, 1998
Justice Department Clears NationsBank/BankAmerica Merger After Parties Agree to $491.6 Million Divesture in New Mexico
Justice Department Approves Plan by National Association of Manufacturers to Set up Plan to Resolve Year 2000 Issues
August 13, 1998
Two Northern Virginia Real Estate Spectators Indicted in Bid-Rigging Scam
August 12, 1998
Justice Department Moves to Stop Illegal Boycott by the Federation of Physicians and Dentists on Behalf of Delaware Orthopedic Surgeons
August 11, 1998
Justice Department Approves Dairy Merger After Parties Agree to Sell Plant in Alabama
August 10, 1998
Justice Department Requires Jacor to Sell Eight Radio Stations as Part of Nationwide Communications Inc. Acquisition
July
July 27, 1998
Justice Department Sues to Block Citicorp's Acquisition of Transactive Corporation Assets
July 24, 1998
Justice Department Charges Michigan Company and Executive With Rigging Bids to General Motors
July 16, 1998
Justice Department And City of Stilwell, Oklahoma Settle Antitrust Suit
Justice Department and Thirteen States Clear USA Waste Services Inc.'s Acquisition of Waste Management Inc.
Statement of Joel I. Klein, Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, on the Abandonment of the Lockheed-Northrop Transaction
July 15, 1998
Justice Department Clears WorldCom/MCI Merger After MCI Agrees To Sell Its Internet Business
July 14, 1998
Justice Department Settles Antitrust Suit With General Electric; Eliminates Restrictive Service Equipment Agreements
July 8, 1998
American Airlines Cleared to Acquire Stock in Argentine Airline
July 1, 1998
Justice Department Approves Plan By Security Industry Firms To Exchange Information About Resolving the Year 2000 Computer Issue
June
June 23, 1998
Dutch Company Charged With Price-Fixing on Citric Acid: Agrees to Pay $400,000 Criminal Fine
Statement Issued By The Department of Justice After the U.S. Court of Appeals' Decision in the Microsoft Consent Decree Case
June 15, 1998
Justice Department Clears Alcoa's Proposed Acquisition of Alumax After Alcoa Agrees to Sell Its Cast Plate Operations
June 11, 1998
Justice Department Clears Environmental Monitoring Equipment Merger After Deal Is Restructured
June 8, 1998
Capstar Terminates Contract to Acquire Radio Station in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Alleviate Antitrust Concerns
June 4, 1998
U.S. and European Communities Sign Antitrust Cooperation Agreement
June 3, 1998
Justice Department Issues 1997 Annual Supplement to the "Digest of Business Reviews"
May
May 28, 1998
Sinclair Broadcast Group Gets Justice Department Approval to Buy New Orleans Radio Stations After Agreeing to Sell Three Stations
May 21, 1998
Milton Handler Receives the Antitrust Division's John Sherman Award
Justice Department Charges Texas Company With Conspiring to Allocate Customers and Territories in Distributing Magazines
Justice Department Has Major Competitive Concerns With American Airlines and British Airways Alliance
May 18, 1998
Justice Department Files Antitrust Suit Against Microsoft for Unlawfully Monopolizing Computer Software Markets
May 14, 1998
Statement by Assistant Attorney General Joel I. Klein on Filing of Antitrust Suit Against Microsoft
Statement of the Justice Department Regarding Microsoft
May 12, 1998
Justice Department Sues to Block Primestar's Acquisition of News Corp./MCI's Direct Broadcast Satellite Assets
May 7, 1998
Two Former Purchasing Agents at Warner-Lambert are Charged in Connection with Kickback Scheme
May 6, 1998
DOJ and Texas Attorney General Clear USA Waste/TransAmerican Merger After Parties Agree to Divest Houston Assets
May 4, 1998
DOJ Charges Cajun Chemical Inc. With Conspiring to Rig Bids on Janitorial Chemical Contracts
Justice Department Reaches Agreement With Banc One For $614 Million Divestiture in Louisiana
April
April 27, 1998
Justice Department Agrees to Changes to 1979 Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange Consent Decree
April 16, 1998
Loews Theatres and Cineplex Odeon Corporation Agree to Divest Movie Theaters in Manhattan and Chicago as a Condition of Allowing Merger to Proceed
April 10, 1998
Justice Department Approves First Union/CoreStates Merger After Parties Agree to $1.1 Billion Divestiture in Pennsylvania
April 7, 1998
U.S. Company Agrees to Pay $110 Million Fine for International Conspiracy
April 1, 1998
Justice Department Approves Clear Channel Communications Inc.'s Acquisition of Universal Outdoor Holdings Inc.
March
March 31, 1998
Chancellor Media Corporation Abandons Bid to Acquire Long Island Radio Stations After Justice Department Challenge
Justice Department Requires Capstar to Sell Eleven Radio Stations as Part of SFX Acquisition
Justice Department Requires CBS To Sell Seven Radio Stations as Part of American Radio Systems Acquisition
Kentucky Funeral Home Operator To Pay $500,000 in Civil Penalties
March 25, 1998
Justice Department Allows Sharing of Information to Facilitate Joint Operation of Wireless Communication Antenna Sites
March 23, 1998
Justice Department Goes to Court To Block Lockheed Martin's Purchase of Northrop Grumman: Merger Is Single Largest Ever Challenged
March 20, 1998
Justice Department Will Not Challenge Proposed Changes to American Heart Association Pharmaceutical Roundtable
March 12, 1998
Justice Department Allows Creation of Joint Venture of Providers of Armored Car Services
Former President of American Subsidiary of World's No.2 Liquor Company Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement and Kickback Conspiracy. Admits Conspiring With Other Executives to Embezzle Over $13 Million
March 11, 1998
DOJ, FTC and States Announce Protocol for Cooperation on Merger Investigations
Antitrust Division Announces New Special Counsel
Antitrust Division Names Special Counsel for Information Technology
March 9, 1998
Justice Department Approves Peoples Heritage's Purchase of CFX After Parties Agree to Divestitures in New Hampshire
Justice Department Requires Enova Corporation to Divest Electricity Plants Before Approving its $6 Billion Merger with Pacific Enterprises
March 6, 1998
DOJ Urges SEC to Increase Competition for Securities Ratings Agencies
March 4, 1998
Rochester Gas & Electric Agrees to Settle Antitrust Suit
March 3, 1998
Haynes Holdings, Inc. Abandons Acquisition of Inco Alloys International After Justice Department Announces Intention to Challenge
February
February 27, 1998
Justice Department Urges Surface Transportation Board to Impose Conditions on CSX/Norfolk Southern Acquisition of Conrail
February 25, 1998
Japanese Chemical Giant to Pay $20 Million Fine
February 23, 1998
Japanese Subsidiary Charged With International Conspiracy to Fix Prices for Graphite Electrodes in U.S.
February 19, 1998
Justice Department Reaches Settlement With New York and Missouri Companies to Prevent Collusive Practices
February 13, 1998
"No Monopoly on Antitrust": Op. Ed. in Financial Times by Joel Klein
February 3, 1998
Justice Department Allows Creation and Operation of a Trade Association to Promote the Usage of On-Line Travel Services
January
January 30, 1998
Justice Department Allows Electric Power Joint Venture to Change Method of Bidding in Newly-Deregulated Market Environment
January 28, 1998
Justice Department Approves Capstar Broadcasting Partners' Acquisition of Patterson Broadcasting
January 22, 1998
DOJ-Microsoft Settle Contempt Claim
Statement of Assistant Attorney General Joel I. Klein on the Microsoft Settlement
January 15, 1998
Justice Department Clears Merger Between PerSeptive BioSystems and Perkin-Elmer After Parties Agree to Divest Technology to NeXstar Pharmaceuticals
January 8, 1998
Justice Department Allows Creation of New Wholesaling and Distribution Entity for Industrial Products
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