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December
December 22, 2005
Justice Department Requires Divestitures in AMC Entertainment's Merger with Loews Cineplex Entertainment
December 20, 2005
Justice Department Requires Divestitures in UnitedHealth Group's Acquisition of Pacificare Health Systems
December 8, 2005
Justice Department Will Not Challenge Proposal by Denver Post to Create a Free Edition
December 7, 2005
Statement of Deputy Assistant Attorney General J. Bruce McDonald Regarding Korean Fair Trade Commission's Decision in Its Microsoft Case
November
November 28, 2005
DOJ and FTC to Hold Joint Public Hearings on Competition Policy Related to Single-Firm Conduct
November 23, 2005
Department of Justice Statement on the Closing of the Vermont Home Health Investigation
November 16, 2005
Department of Justice Antitrust Division Statement on the Closing of its Two Stock Exchange Investigations
November 2, 2005
Justice Department Encourages the New Mexico Real Estate Commission to Maintain Consumer Choice in Real Estate Brokerage Services
October
October 27, 2005
Justice Department Requires Divestitures in Verizon's Acquisition of MCI and SBC's Acquisition of AT&T
October 25, 2005
Sixth Circuit Court Grants Appeal of Justice Department and Commonwealth of Kentucky
October 20, 2005
The Justice Department and The Federal Trade Commission Encourage Michigan Senate Committee to Continue to Allow Consumer Choice in Real Estate Brokerage Services
October 19, 2005
Federal Interagency Task Force on Competition in Electric Energy Markets Requests Public Comments Concerning Study Mandated in Energy Policy Act
October 18, 2005
Justice Department Requires Divestitures in Cal Dive International's Acquisition of Stolt Offshore
October 13, 2005
Samsung Agrees to Plead Guilty and to Pay $300 Million Criminal Fine for Role in Price Fixing Conspiracy
October 4, 2005
Department of Justice Amends Antitrust Lawsuit Against National Association of Realtors
September
September 29, 2005
Florida Electrical Contractor Agrees to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging on Electrical Construction Contracts
September 27, 2005
Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission Announce Expedited Antitrust Procedure and Guidance for Post-Hurricane Relief Efforts
September 26, 2005
Hedge Fund Manager Will Pay Civil Penalty for Violating Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Requirements
September 13, 2005
Justice Department/Federal Trade Commission to Host Joint Workshop on Competition Policy and The Real Estate Industry
September 8, 2005
Justice Department Sues National Association of Realtors for Limiting Competition Among Real Estate Brokers
September 2, 2005
Justice Department Requires Two Digital Jukebox Companies to End Illegal Agreement
September 1, 2005
Antitrust Division Names New Deputy Assistant Attorney General
August
August 17, 2005
South Dakota Real Estate Commission Permits Real Estate Brokers to Offer Rebates and Inducements
August 10, 2005
Former Top Bayer Executives Indicted in Price-Fixing Conspiracy
August 8, 2005
Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Waste Industries USA Inc.
August 3, 2005
Statement of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division on the Closing of the Investigation of Sprint Corporation's Acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc.
July
July 13, 2005
Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Kentucky Real Estate Commission
Corrected Version July 6, 2005
Justice Department Requires Divestitures in Alltel's Acquisition of Western Wireless
June
Corrected Version June 29, 2005
Justice Department Moves to Modify Real Estate Consent Decree
June 29, 2005
Indiana Ready Mixed Concrete Producer and Four Executives Agree to Plead Guilty to Price-Fixing Charge
June 24, 2005
Justice Department Requires Actuarial Consultants to Halt Anticompetitive Information Exchange
Department of Justice Sues Federation of Physicians and Dentists and Four Individuals Alleging a Conspiracy
June 23, 2005
Statement by Assistant Attorney General R. Hewitt Pate Regarding the Closing of the America West/US Airways Investigation
Former Chemical Salesman Agrees to Plead Guilty to Conspiracy Charges
June 22, 2005
Attorney General Gonzales Announces Interim Leadership in the Antitrust Division
June 8, 2005
International Competition Network Conference Promotes Convergence Among World's Antitrust Enforcers
June 7, 2005
Former General Electric Maintenance Manager Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging and Fraud Charges Regarding Roofing Contracts
June 1, 2005
Puerto Rico Executive Charged with Conspiring to Defraud His Employer
R. Hewitt Pate to Participate in Fourth Annual International Competition Network Conference in Bonn, Germany
May
May 25, 2005
Justice Department Statement on Oklahoma Legislature's Proposed Real Estate Legislation
May 24, 2005
The Justice Department and The Federal Trade Commission Urge the Governor of Missouri to Continue to Allow Consumer Choice in Real Estate Brokerage Services
Reuters Ltd. and Moneyline Telerate Restructure Proposed Deal to Alleviate Justice Department's Antitrust Concerns
May 19, 2005
Puerto Rico Company and Executive Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud
Indiana Ready Mixed Concrete Producer Indicted on Price-Fixing Charge
May 17, 2005
The Honorable Robert H. Bork to Receive Justice Department's 2005 John Sherman Award
May 16, 2005
Former Bayer AG Executive Agrees to Plead
May 13, 2005
Justice Department Closes Investigation into Seattle Times/Hearst Communications Inc. JOA
May 12, 2005
The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission Urge the Alabama State Senate to Continue to Allow Consumer Choice in Real Estate Brokerage Services
Two Executives and Their Linen Supply Companies Indicted on Customer Allocation Charge
May 10, 2005
Statement of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales on the Resignation of Assistant Attorney General R. Hewitt Pate
May 9, 2005
New York Linen Supply Company and Its Owner Plead Guilty to Allocating Customers
May 2, 2005
Italian Company to Plead Guilty and Pay $9 Million Fine for Participating in Polychloroprene Rubber Cartel
April
April 28, 2005
Former Executive of Indiana Ready Mixed Concrete Producer Agrees to Plead Guilty to Price-Fixing Charge
April 21, 2005
Korean Company--Hynix--Agrees to Plead Guilty to Price Fixing and Agrees to Pay $185 Million Fine for Role in DRAM Conspiracy
Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission Urge Texas Real Estate Commission to Continue to Allow Flexibility in Brokerage Services
April 11, 2005
Former District of Columbia Transportation Official and A New York Traffic Engineering Company Charged with Subverting the Competitive Process
April 8, 2005
Justice Department Urges Oklahoma State Legislature to Continue to Allow Choice in Real Estate Services
April 7, 2005
Six Corporations and Five Individuals Indicted in Connection with Schemes to Defraud the Federal E-Rate Program
April 1, 2005
New York Roofing Products Representative Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging Charges
March
March 31, 2005
Justice Department Sues Kentucky Real Estate Commission for Limiting Competition Among Real Estate Brokers
March 21, 2005
Justice Department Requires Two West Virginia Hospitals to End Illegal Market-Allocation Agreements
March 16, 2005
Statement by Assistant Attorney General R. Hewitt Pate Regarding the Closing of the Western Union Money Transfer Investigaiton
March 1, 2005
Cleveland Scrap Metal Companies Plead Guilty to Supplier Allocation and Bid-Rigging Charges
February
February 28, 2005
New York Linen Supply Company and its Owner Plead Guilty to Allocating Customers
February 10, 2005
Former North Carolina Textile Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty to Fixing Prices of Spun Yarn Products
February 2, 2005
Antitrust Division Names New Deputy Assistant Attorney General
January
January 19, 2005
DuPont Dow Elastomers to Plead Guilty and Pay $84 Million Fine for Participating in a Synthetic Rubber Cartel
January 12, 2005
Zeon Chemicals Agrees to Plead Guilty to Price Fixing in Synthetic Rubber Conspiracy
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