http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/index08.htmPress releases issued by the Antitrust Division. Tue, 13 May 2008 18:48:56 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/rss/atr.gifhttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/index08.htmhttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/232985.htmA U.S. Department of Defense civilian employee working at the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait City, Kuwait, was arrested and charged with filing a false federal tax return for the 2005 tax year, Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Alice S. Fisher and Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Thomas O. Barnett announced today.{347366cd-3c72-ccae-a832-3911772a7cb3}Tue, 13 May 2008 18:48:51 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/232954.htmThe former highest-ranking Qantas Airways Limited cargo executive employed in the United States has agreed to plead guilty, serve 8 months in jail, and pay a criminal fine for participating in a conspiracy to fix rates for international air cargo shipments, the Department of Justice announced today.{2b8d104c-f8ad-ffb0-1bae-654a762b115}Tue, 13 May 2008 18:48:56 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/232802.htmThe Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division today filed a lawsuit against the Consolidated Multiple Listing Service (CMLS) of Columbia, S.C., challenging its rules that unreasonably restrict competition among real estate brokers. The Department said that CMLS’s rules have caused consumers buying or selling homes in the Columbia, S.C. area to pay more for real estate brokerage services.{a14635d0-a829-fefc-a51e-4bbf603b59b5}Fri, 02 May 2008 21:28:10 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/232709.htmThe Department of Justice announced today that it will require Regal Cinemas Inc. (Regal) and Consolidated Theatres Holding GP (Consolidated) to divest movie theater assets in three North Carolina metropolitan areas in order to proceed with their proposed $210 million merger.{41552d57-e0a6-963-1693-3158468d7324}Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:14:10 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/232575.htmThe former owner of three Kansas computer service companies and a family member were indicted for participating in a conspiracy to defraud the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) E-Rate program, the Department of Justice announced today.{deb44d8d-8a58-908b-43b2-75c23f2debb5}Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:18:08 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/232526.htmCo-owners of a New Jersey-based computer service provider have agreed to plead guilty to participating in a conspiracy to defraud the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) E-Rate program, the Department of Justice announced today. {bdc5c82-cfc6-194b-7c85-434bb77f7806}Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:39:49 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/232525.htm The Department of Justice announced today that the former senior vice president of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS), Andrew Bodnar, was indicted for his role in lying to the federal government about a patent deal involving the popular blood-thinning drug, Plavix, used by heart attack, stroke and other patients. The Department said that the alleged illegal actions of Bodnar related to the possible introduction of a generic drug that would compete with Plavix.{e341f8de-8789-dfce-cc15-25b525334ed7}Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:07:45 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/232418.htmAn indictment by a federal grand jury in San Francisco was unsealed today against a Canadian night vision goggles manufacturing firm and two of its executives for their role in a scheme to defraud the U.S. military in the supply of equipment for the Iraqi army, the Department of Justice announced.{e357ec16-5be8-7b5a-83da-e5ba33924e28}Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:52:53 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/232335.htmA former employee of a Long Island, N.Y., defense contractor pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to rig bids on military contracts for Navy straps that are used to secure munitions and other supplies, the Department of Justice announced today.{deacc8fa-ea22-57f9-95f6-56561a2491c2}Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:59:26 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/232332.htmA former U.S. executive of Manuli Rubber Industries SpA, a Milan, Italy-based marine hose manufacturer, has agreed to plead guilty and serve jail time for participating in a conspiracy to rig bids, fix prices and allocate market shares of marine hose in the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced today.{bf6d9dc1-4453-2cf3-2859-6e8f3d2b7871}Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:46:54 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/232260.htmAt the seventh annual International Competition Network (ICN) conference in Kyoto, Japan, the ICN adopted new Recommended Practices to improve merger analysis and assessment of unilateral conduct, the Department of Justice announced today. The Cartel Working Group issued a report stressing the importance of effective cartel settlement systems.{57823b53-c434-63c-adeb-437258444377}Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:35:01 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/232257.htmTokyo-based Japan Airlines International Co. Ltd. (JAL) has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $110 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix rates for international cargo shipments, the Department of Justice announced today.{4c1cf7a4-f3fd-4677-6790-180693fb45d5}Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:26:34 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/232127.htmA Pennsylvania general contractor for residential and commercial buildings pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH) for his role in a conspiracy to pay kickbacks to a former senior purchasing official at NYPH.{f146d7ea-3c96-9685-b319-7f5bace88e33}Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:33:07 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/232116.htmThe Department of Justice announced today it will not challenge a proposal by the Media Ratings Council (MRC) relating to the auditing and accrediting of products that measure the size and demographics of an audience.{686f197c-6308-1886-5015-5a0eb78f5a47}Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:20:59 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/232076.htmAssistant Attorney General Thomas O. Barnett will participate in the seventh annual International Competition Network (ICN) Conference in Kyoto, Japan, April 14–16, 2008, when senior government antitrust officials, private sector antitrust experts from around the world, and representatives from intergovernmental organizations will discuss competition issues.{c158e5b5-ed24-2c24-11f2-3c35d55ba382}Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:26:01 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/232068.htmThe Department of Justice Antitrust Division today released the 2002 through 2007 Supplement to the "Digest of Business Reviews."{b1cc4908-ae2d-358c-668f-cb9c3fd9221}Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:18:28 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/232054.htmA U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contractor from Baltimore pleaded guilty today to conspiring to steal competitive information concerning contracts to supply fuel to DOD aircraft at locations worldwide, the Department of Justice announced.{62975b7a-df7-3344-2e95-76724ca45257}Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:36:43 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/231769.htmThe Department of Justice announced today that the Montana Board of Realty Regulation has voted to repeal a rule forbidding real estate brokers from offering rebates and other incentives to their customers. The Board took this action in response to an investigation by the Department’s Antitrust Division. The Department said that the rule change will benefit consumers seeking real estate services in Montana by removing a key impediment to competition between real estate brokers.{da06427a-515b-3737-900d-c1478499f115}Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:33:10 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/231569.htmA Long Island, N.Y. defense firm pleaded guilty and has agreed to pay a $275,000 criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to rig bids on U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contracts for military tiedown equipment and cargo securing systems, the Department of Justice announced today. {357a1b2a-145-69bc-485-2d0367e5c6c9}Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:27:38 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/231467.htmThe Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division issued the following statement today after announcing the closing of its investigation into the proposed merger of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. with Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.{a0d7100f-7e-a687-a517-3d043ea5df88}Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:28:53 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/231305.htmA former education consultant from California was sentenced to serve 7 1/2 years in prison for rigging bids and defrauding the E-Rate program, the Department of Justice announced.{cef5eb92-37fe-a533-1d6c-562894cdb5b0}Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:35:04 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/230855.htmAn Arizona commercial refrigeration company and one of its executives pleaded guilty today for their role in a conspiracy to rig bids on contracts for the installation of commercial refrigeration equipment in Safeway Inc. grocery stores in the Phoenix metropolitan area, the Department of Justice announced.{ef10be28-b47-5fe4-4eaa-35a2b5f85991}Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:59:35 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/230790.htmThe Department of Justice announced today that it will require Altivity Packaging LLC (Altivity) and Graphic Packaging International Inc. (Graphic) to divest two paperboard mills—one in Indiana and the other in Pennsylvania—in order to proceed with their proposed $1.75 billion merger.{f5d832e2-561a-46b6-4ead-1ee223997d2a}Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:31:53 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/230740.htmThe Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement that will require Cookson Group plc and Foseco plc to divest Foseco's U.S. carbon bonded ceramic (CBC) business in order to proceed with Cookson's proposed $1 billion acquisition of Foseco{c6546a3-dafe-928b-3ce1-a58938e3a242}Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:35:26 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/230445.htmThe Department of Justice announced today that it will require UnitedHealth Group Inc. (United) and Sierra Health Services Inc. (Sierra) to divest assets relating to United's Medicare Advantage business in the Las Vegas area in order to proceed with United's acquisition of Sierra.{a7e8ced-a21f-e756-59cc-56a85da0507d}Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:25:42 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/230250.htmThe Department of Justice said today that it will require The Thomson Corporation (Thomson) to sell financial data and related assets in three markets for financial data in order to proceed with Thomson's proposed $17 billion acquisition of Reuters Group PLC (Reuters).{246f667a-d088-96a1-7b60-2c3dc48d78}Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:22:41 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/230124.htmThe Department of Justice said today that it will require Clear Channel, the largest operator of radio stations in the United States, to divest radio stations in four cities in order for a group of private equity investors led by Bain Capital (Bain) and Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL) to proceed with their acquisition of a controlling interest in Clear Channel. {5e44e38f-4ed6-13f-5e8-c51e7297be6c}Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:44:29 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/229971.htmThe Department of Justice issued the following statement regarding public comments submitted in response to a request of the U.S. Department of the Treasury for comments on the Regulatory Structure Associated with Financial Institutions.{1f859d4-a181-7017-2e2b-73cdb747e9d6}Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:22:27 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/229926.htmA federal grand jury in Cleveland indicted a scrap metal dealer and its owner for conspiring to allocate scrap metal suppliers in Northeast Ohio, the Department of Justice announced today.{83b49471-3ab1-e4c5-2abe-9fa63c3fcce9}Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:56:51 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/229711.htmThe Department of Justice's Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today announced that they will host a joint workshop entitled, "2008 International Technical Assistance Workshop: Charting the Future Course of International Technical Assistance at the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission."{a048d61d-6cfb-9970-43e7-8b697627fdb6}Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:09:34 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/229663.htmA federal grand jury in Oklahoma City returned an indictment against a U.S. Department of Defense contractor and one of its former managers for conspiring to bribe a military contracting officer in Iraq, the Department of Justice announced today.{8f8c5fcb-b30a-14ca-7afa-b3f9caa4dc28}Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:36:12 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/229550.htmThe Department of Justice said today that it will require Pearson Plc to divest assets relating to three clinical testing markets in order to proceed with Pearson's proposed $950 million acquisition of Harcourt Assessment. {3fe44cc5-d763-56db-c88a-b4857b87ddf0}Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:40:48 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/229467.htmThomas O. Barnett, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department's Antitrust Division, today announced that James J. O'Connell Jr. has been appointed to serve as the Deputy Assistant Attorney General in charge of International, Policy and Appellate matters for the Division.{a2b3747-1a7f-9e1e-2310-259ad6228d20}Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:33:45 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2008/229041.htmTwo Department of Defense contractors were arrested in New York City on Jan. 6, 2008, and charged with conspiring to steal information relating to U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contracts to supply fuel to DOD aircraft worldwide, the Department of Justice announced today. Two contractor firms and a third individual are also charged with participating in the conspiracies. {9deb71ee-2e89-be99-4c89-dfee5b2b4dc8}Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:35:43 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/228823.htmA German national was indicted by a federal grand jury in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for participating in a conspiracy to rig bids, fix prices and allocate market shares for sales of marine hose, in the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced today.{9a4e902b-5161-a640-6d51-b03019a53d34}Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:33:33 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/228788.htmThe Department of Justice issued the following statement today regarding whether or not the Department will appeal the decision by the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia dismissing the indictment in U.S. v. Stolt-Nielsen S.A. et al: "The Department of Justice has determined that it will not appeal the dismissal of the indictment in U.S. v. Stolt-Nielsen S.A. et al." {fa71b642-3d4f-5377-d020-f8ee2a97759c}Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:31:10 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/228727.htmValueAct Capital Partners L.P. will pay $1.1 million to settle charges that it violated premerger reporting requirements, the Department of Justice announced today. {75794bf4-37c0-4054-e335-cd64a89aab05}Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:12:06 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/228708.htmThe former president and co-owner of Domecq Importers Inc. of Larchmont, N.Y., and Old Greenwich, Conn., was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison for conspiring to commit tax fraud and to defraud Allied Domecq PLC, the Department of Justice announced today.{c07185ba-7460-e97f-109f-5af9339cd98d}Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:00:55 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/228561.htmAn independent consultant and two executives of Dunlop Oil & Marine Ltd., a manufacturer of marine hose located in Grimsby, United Kingdom, pleaded guilty today and have agreed to serve record-setting prison sentences for participating in a conspiracy to rig bids, fix prices, and allocate market shares of marine hose sold in the United States, the Department of Justice announced.{e3c26dd6-bbdd-fc66-5c04-49e7d5fc5e1}Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:59 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/228330.htmThe Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement requiring CommScope Inc. (CommScope) and Andrew Corporation (Andrew) to divest Andrew's minority interest in Andes Industries Inc. (Andes), in order to proceed with CommScope's $2.6 billion acquisition of Andrew. {f6181d10-f317-97d2-a1b7-3ffc2ae1979}Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:43:48 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/228324.htmTwo Florida homeland security vendor employees were arrested today in Orlando, Fla. for their roles in a conspiracy to defraud their respective employers relating to contracts let by the U.S. Virgin Islands government for the purchase of emergency vehicles and other equipment, the Department of Justice announced. {a86e7e55-c59a-fdf0-5338-67423a28f6fc}Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:22:08 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/228167.htmAn independent consultant and two executives of Dunlop Oil & Marine Ltd., a manufacturer of marine hose located in Grimsby, United Kingdom, were charged today with participating in a conspiracy to rig bids, fix prices and allocate market shares of marine hose sold in the United States, announced the Department of Justice.{6e8c5f19-b42c-5cc-bc9d-bca454ff1933}Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:48:26 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/228160.htmALLTEL Corporation has agreed to pay $1.325 million as part of a civil settlement with the Department of Justice and the state of Minnesota that resolves ALLTEL's alleged violations of two court orders entered in connection with ALLTEL's acquisition of Midwest Wireless Holdings LLC.{8ba0b228-8982-fdc1-c526-5425b0c42a42}Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:47:47 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/228102.htmA central Florida metal sling manufacturer pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a $150,000 criminal fine today for its role in a conspiracy to rig bids on U.S. Navy contracts for metal sling hoist assemblies, used to transport items such as bombs and other munitions, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. {47ec32c2-b078-cc8c-ffc2-ce3970a5e7f}Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:03:25 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/227988.htmAustralian-based Qantas Airways Limited has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $61 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix rates for international air cargo shipments, the Department of Justice announced today.{d789568b-fe3a-2d6c-d876-ab02cbb0e8dc}Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:36:20 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/227959.htmCal Dive International Inc. and its parent company Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. (collectively Cal Dive) have agreed to pay $2 million as part of a civil settlement with the Department of Justice that resolves Cal Dive's alleged violations of a 2005 consent decree.{7e519e3-18a4-c2c3-cff0-cc8ab5827598}Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:45:57 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/227841.htmThe former president and owner of ATE Tel Solutions Inc., which does business as ATE Telecom Solutions Inc. (ATE Tel), was sentenced to serve three years in prison following his conviction for his involvement in a scheme to defraud the federal E-Rate program, the Department of Justice announced today.{9648e55f-3ea3-b7d9-e6e7-d6c162219e6}Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:05:46 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/227631.htmThe Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement that will require Vulcan Materials Company and Florida Rock Industries Inc. to divest eight quarries that produce coarse aggregate in Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia and one distribution yard in Virginia in order to proceed with their proposed $4.6 billion merger. The Department said that, without the divestitures, the proposed acquisition likely would result in higher prices for purchasers of coarse aggregate in certain areas served by the quarries to be divested.{e014fe2d-37c-9854-54cf-ce37635538ef}Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:22:59 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/227483.htmMister A.C. Ltd. (Mister A.C.), a Rockville Center, N.Y. heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) services company and its owner pleaded guilty today to conspiring to rig bids on HVAC services provided to New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH), the Department of Justice announced today.{cf7b79a5-8518-b9b0-fc29-c75735b23140}Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:18:25 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/227435.htmTwo executives of Trelleborg Industrie S.A.S., a manufacturer of marine hose located in Clermont-Ferrand, France, agreed to plead guilty to participating in a conspiracy to rig bids, fix prices and allocate market shares of marine hose in the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced today.{9cfb8ded-3a97-64fa-2976-2b979cae50e2}Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:54:06 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/227232.htmThe Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement requiring AT&T Inc. (AT&T) to divest assets to address competition concerns in seven markets in Kentucky, Oklahoma, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Texas, including rights to the "Cellular One" brand in order to proceed with its $2.8 billion acquisition of Dobson Communications Corporation (Dobson). {357d55d0-5014-d4b2-5a14-87a0f894c7a2}Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:06:47 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/227168.htmThe Department of Justice's Antitrust Division announced today that it has closed its investigation of The Hearst Corporation's proposed acquisition of a newly created "tracking stock" of MediaNews Group Inc. (MNG). The acquisition, which was revised in response to antitrust concerns raised by the Department, would give Hearst approximately a 30 percent equity stake in MNG's newspaper businesses outside of the San Francisco Bay Area (Bay Area). {9cbbef25-489-82c3-f600-86bc78ecc32f}Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:16:17 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/227085.htmThe Department of Justice announced today that it will require two of the nation's largest newsprint manufacturers – Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. and Bowater Inc.– to divest a newsprint mill in Arizona in order to proceed with their proposed $1.6 billion transaction. The Department said that the merger, as originally proposed, would have substantially lessened competition in the production and sale of newsprint in North America.{8575559e-8f8f-2888-405e-a6284df8294b}Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:06:35 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/226872.htmAn Oregon-based freight forwarder pleaded guilty to rigging bids and allocating shipments for its role in a conspiracy involving its participation in the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) program for shipping the household goods of military and civilian DOD personnel between the United States and foreign countries, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.{11f39ebf-489b-272-1bb7-66248bc2c14c}Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:53:09 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/226837.htmThe Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with Multiple Listing Service of Hilton Head Island Inc. (HHMLS) that requires the group to change its membership rules so that low-priced and innovative real estate brokers can compete in the Hilton Head area. {d607e2d0-3ad-79e4-d323-7810961e9d10}Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:19:34 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/226778.htmIconix Brand Group has agreed to pay $550,000 to settle charges that the company failed to produce certain documents before buying Rocawear, an acquisition requiring pre-merger review, the Department of Justice announced today.{68ad247-db74-a42a-a8e8-c2aeca1e98bd}Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:54:07 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/226749.htmThe Department of Justice's Antitrust Division today announced that it will host a symposium entitled, "Voice, Video and Broadband: The Changing Competitive Landscape and Its Impact on Consumers." The symposium, which will be held on Nov. 29, 2007, will address the current state of competition and likely future developments in providing voice, video and broadband services to consumers. {555c67f-f704-77c3-503b-ff6a9157fd51}Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:40:17 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/226685.htmThe Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice launched a new Web site today to educate consumers and policymakers about the potential benefits that competition can bring to consumers of real estate brokerage services and the barriers that inhibit that competition. {b3734598-d3d8-f287-8e20-7a1a95b511ea}Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:50:07 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/226659.htmA former homeland security equipment sales representative of Pittsburgh-based Fisher Scientific International LLC (Fisher Scientific) is charged with participating in a conspiracy to defraud his former employer, the Department of Justice announced today. {3f0bc7c2-d273-ec0a-7958-f572b6e75cca}Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:03:44 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/226377.htmIn order to resolve antitrust concerns, FirstGroup plc will sell off a large school bus contract and associated assets in Alaska in order to proceed with its acquisition of Laidlaw International Inc., the Department of Justice announced today.{169ee6a1-fa61-c86a-e155-1c3e506c203c}Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:47:38 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/226162.htmThe president and owner of Jacobi Industries Inc., a Medford, N.Y. company, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to rig bids on U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contracts for military tiedown equipment and cargo securing systems, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.{e4d77f64-981c-fdf2-3b16-e7282ef3dc1a}Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:47:45 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/226070.htmThomas O. Barnett, Assistant Attorney General for the Department's Antitrust Division, issued the following statement today after the Court of First Instance of the European Communities (CFI) issued its decision today affirming the substance of the European Commission's (EC) March 2004 decision against Microsoft{2c953d16-4681-1ac6-23fd-79799b188000}Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:20:37 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/226063.htmA federal jury in San Francisco today convicted a former sales representative in California for her role in schemes to defraud the federal E-Rate program, announced the Department of Justice. {4f69f8a4-7659-7ce6-1a02-f1614c1781b}Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:55:48 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/226016.htmA federal grand jury in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. returned an indictment charging two individuals with participating in a conspiracy to rig bids, fix prices and allocate market shares for sales of marine hose used to transport oil, the Department of Justice announced today.{f4da1431-b236-ba75-e152-9f739b3fa05}Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:47:01 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/225782.htmThe Department of Justice cautioned against imposing regulations that could hamper the development of the Internet and related services in response to a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Notice of Inquiry regarding broadband practices.{13548249-7cc1-e259-9958-ffb76961d396}Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:12:38 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/225657.htmThe Department of Justice said today that competition and consumers have benefitted from the final judgements entered because of the Department's antitrust enforcement efforts against Microsoft. {11818b88-ba8d-e71d-1486-6a304e886db}Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:41:23 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/225437.htmThe U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia today accepted the Department of Justice's plea agreements with British Airways Plc and Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. that had been announced on August 1, 2007. {a103858d-9232-2331-f655-c1d8447816d}Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:38:13 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/225431.htmA former contract employee of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to plead guilty to bribery in connection with a $16 million hurricane protection project for the reconstruction of the Lake Cataouatche Levee, south of New Orleans, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. {301acacb-7df2-d422-e481-785b41ca745}Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:30:53 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/225415.htmA major in the U.S. Army, his wife and his sister have been indicted on bribery, conspiracy, money laundering, and obstruction charges arising out of the major’s service as an Army contracting officer in Kuwait in 2004 and 2005, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and Assistant Attorney General Thomas O. Barnett of the Antitrust Division announced today.{97a25972-ac78-7721-4556-13ebc3c39597}Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:08:10 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/225229.htmA federal grand jury in Phoenix returned an indictment charging a commercial refrigeration company and its co-owner with participating in a conspiracy to rig bids on contracts for the installation of commercial refrigeration equipment in Safeway Inc. grocery stores in the Phoenix metropolitan area, the Department of Justice announced today. {3af2bb98-90fc-6a40-c1eb-69127b24358}Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:58:29 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/225061.htmThe vice president of a Virginia marine products company has agreed to plead guilty, serve prison time and pay a criminal fine for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids and allocate customers with respect to marine products purchased by the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Coast Guard, and other public and private entities, the Department of Justice announced today. {7ca24ade-217a-2e0-5748-cfd389346c59}Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:03:14 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/225052.htmThe Department of Justice today announced that it has asked a federal judge in Washington, D.C., to appoint a trustee to sell Mittal Steel Company N.V.'s Sparrows Point facility located near Baltimore in light of Mittal's failure to complete such a sale prior to the deadline imposed by the consent decree entered by the court. {ffcd82c3-9769-5d57-5580-53f5ab448fc3}Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:18:13 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/224752.htmA third individual was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering arising from a scheme involving bribery, conspiracy and money laundering related to Department of Defense contracts in Iraq and Kuwait, announced Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and Assistant Attorney General Thomas O. Barnett of the Antitrust Division.{76b51e6-a258-d210-d44f-2377efdcb45e}Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:35:44 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/224694.htmA major in the U.S. Army has been charged with bribery, money laundering and conspiracy arising out of his service as an Army contracting officer in Kuwait in 2004 and 2005, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and Assistant Attorney General Thomas O. Barnett of the Antitrust Division announced today. {a449d42b-97f0-d991-8ab5-1034856cb79e}Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:19:00 GMThttp://www.usdoj.gov/atr/public/press_releases/2007/224386.htmA former executive of a Long Island, N.Y., defense company pleaded guilty and has agreed to serve 10 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to rig bids on military contracts for products that are used to secure cargo on vehicles, vessels and aircraft, and for soliciting a kickback in connection with those contracts, the Department of Justice announced today. {fa849a6-9f83-35a4-b6cf-cd495134460}Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:20:41 GMT