A plea deal with a paving contractor follows the Department of Justice Antitrust Division's ("DOJ") threat to resurrect criminal enforcement of the Sherman Act ยง 2 prohibition on monopolization and attempted monopolization....more
Indictment is DOJ's second recently filed in the North District of Texas.
The Department of Justice ("DOJ") has brought a criminal indictment against a corporate defendant for agreeing with competitors not to solicit...more
Last week, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas dismissed antitrust claims against Easi-Set Industries. Plaintiff Tricon Precast claimed Easi-Set violated the Sherman Act and Texas Antitrust Act when it...more
The Situation: The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") recently published a blog post reminding merging parties to avoid creating antitrust liability through the exchange of competitively sensitive information during merger...more
4/27/2018
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