December

• New Jersey Liquor Company Executive Indicted for Tax Conspiracy and Evasion in Connection with Kickback Scheme (12/21/1999)

• Illinois Bridge Building Company, Employees Charged in Post-Tensioning and Cable-Stayed Bridge Projects Scheme (12/15/1999)

• Court Finds Smith International and Schlumberger Ltd. Guilty of Criminal Contempt for Violating Consent Decree (12/09/1999)

• Justice Department Requires Zions Bancorporation and First Security Corporation to Divest 63 Branches in Utah and Idaho (12/08/1999)

• Justice Department Requires Bell Atlantic, Vodafone and GTE to Divest Wireless Properties in Order to Proceed with Combination - Action Adds Divestitures in 34 Markets in 7 States Bringing Total Package to 96 Markets in 15 States (12/06/1999)

• Justice Department Requires Divestitures in CBS/Infinity Broadcasting's Acquisition of Outdoor Systems - Companies Must Sell Advertising Displays in New York City, New Orleans, and Phoenix (12/06/1999)

• The Department of Justice Issued the Following Statement in Regard to the U.S. v. Microsoft Case (12/02/1999)

November

• New Jersey Broker of Advertising and Display Materials Charged in Contract Allocation Conspiracy (11/18/1999)

• Two Japanese Electrode Producers to Plead Guilty in International Price-Fixing Conspiracy - More than $300 Million in Criminal Fines Obtained in Graphite Electrodes Investigation, to Date (11/17/1999)

• Justice Department Requires Divestitures in Merger Between AlliedSignal and Honeywell (11/08/1999)

• Justice Department Requires Divestiture in Alcoa's Acquisition of Golden Aluminum Company (11/05/1999)

• Justice Department Requires Tractor and Hay Tool Divestitures in Acquisition of Case Corporation by New Holland (11/04/1999)

• Justice Department Tells FCC That Bell Atlantic Resolved Most, but Not All, Obstacles to Local Competition in New York (11/01/1999)

October

• Justice Department Files Lawsuit to Block Compuware's Acquisition of Viasoft (10/29/1999)

• Justice Department Announces Its Intention to Block Compuware's Acquisition of Viasoft Inc. - Merger Would Result in Higher Fees for Mainframe Computer Software (10/28/1999)

• Attorney General Signs Antitrust Cooperation Agreement with Brazil (10/26/1999)

• Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging at Real Estate Foreclosure Auctions at Brooklyn County Courthouse (10/18/1999)

• Justice Department Requires Divestiture in Harsco Corporation's Acquisition of Railroad Maintenance Assets (10/14/1999)

• United States and Japan Sign Antitrust Cooperation Agreement (10/07/1999)

September

• Canadian Vitamin Company Agrees to Plead Guilty for Role in International Vitamin Cartel (09/29/1999)

• Former UCAR Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty, Pay Fine and Serve Jail Time for His Role in International Price-Fixing Conspiracy (09/29/1999)

• Two Commercial Glass Installers and a Supplier Charged with Bid Rigging in Virginia (09/29/1999)

• Texas and Caribbean Magazine Distribution Companies Charged in Conspiracy (09/23/1999)

• Former UCAR Executive Agrees to Jail Term for Part in International Price-Fixing Conspiracy - Almost $300 Million in Criminal Fines Obtained in Graphite Electrodes Investigation, to Date (09/23/1999)

• Justice Department Approves Securities Industry Association's Plan to Exchange Information - Plan Facilitates Move from Fractional to Decimal-Based Systems (09/23/1999)

• Former Director of Operations at Odyssey House Charged with Bid Rigging, Conspiracy and Income Tax Evasion - Two Vendors Also Separately Charged (09/16/1999)

• French Construction Company Charged with Bid Rigging (09/15/1999)

• Justice Department Requires Divestitures in Lamar Advertising Company's Acquisition of Chancellor Media's Outdoor Advertising Assets - Parties to Divest Chancellor's Outdoor Advertising Assets in 13 States (09/15/1999)

• Three Japanese Companies Agree to Plead Guilty, Pay Criminal Fines, for Participating in International Vitamin Cartel - More than $850 Million in Criminal Fines Obtained in Vitamins Investigation, to Date (09/09/1999)

• Justice Department Requires Fleet Financial and BankBoston to Divest 306 Branches in Four New England States - $13.2 Billion Is Largest Bank Divestiture in History (09/02/1999)

• Justice Department Requires Divestitures in Billings, Montana Radio Acquisition - Marathon Media to Divest Three Stations, Agrees Not to Exercise Options to Buy Other Stations (09/1/1999)

August

• Ohio Steel Company Agrees to License Patents in Order to Resolve Justice Department's Antitrust Concerns (08/26/1999)

• Texas Glass and Mirror Company and its President, Charged with Bid Rigging on Architectural Flat Glass Contracts (08/26/1999)

• Former F. Hoffman-La Roche Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty for Participating in International Vitamin Cartel - Second Executive to Plead Guilty, Will Serve Jail time and Pay $150,000 Fine (08/19/1999)

• Justice Department Requires Divestiture in Fargo-Moorhead Radio Acquisition - Five stations to be divested to Triad Broadcasting, a new market entrant (08/19/1999)

July

• Justice Department Petitions Court to Find Smith International and Schlumberger in Contempt for Violating 1994 Court Order - Action Marks First Criminal Antitrust Merger Contempt Case in More Than 15 Years (07/27/1999)

• Department of Justice Modifies 1957 Consent Decree with Kansas City Star (07/23/1999)

• Justice Department Will Not Challenge Formation of Physician Network in Virginia (07/23/1999)

• Justice Department Requires Divestitures in Allied Waste's Acquisition of Browning-Ferris - Lower Prices, Better Service Preserved in 18 Metropolitan Areas (07/20/1999)

• U.S. Pharmaceutical Giant Agrees to Pay Criminal Fines for Participating in Two International Food Additives Conspiracies - Pfizer Inc. Agrees to Pay Criminal Fines Totaling $20 Million (07/19/1999)

• Abry Broadcast Partners Abandons Deal with Bastet Broadcasting - Competition is Preserved in Wilkes/Barre-Scranton Pa. Local Broadcast TV Market (07/16/1999)

• Former Houston Construction Company Executive Charged with Participating in International Bid Rigging Cartel (07/16/1999)

• Antitrust Division Names New Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economic Analysis (07/16/1999)

• Japanese Chemical Company Third to be Charged in 17-Year International Price-Fixing Conspiracy (07/14/1999)

• Wisconsin Printing Broker Pleads Guilty to Contract Allocation Conspiracy (07/08/1999)

• Justice Department Requires Divestitures in Cargill's Acquisition of Continental Grain - Divestitures Protect Farmers, Suppliers in California, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Texas (07/08/1999)

• Divestitures Resolve Department of Justice Investigation of New York Utility Merger (07/02/1999)

June

• Former Seagram Purchasing Agent Charged For His Role in Kickback Conspiracy (06/24/1999)

• Justice Department and Texas Attorney General Challenge Aetna's Acquisition of Prudential Healthcare and Require Divestitures (06/21/1999)

• Justice Department Approves Procedures to Establish and Enforce Electric Power Reliability Standards (06/17/1999)

• Justice Department Announces Tentative Agreement to Modify Nextel/Motorola Consent Decree (06/14/1999)

• Twelve Individuals Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging at Real Estate Foreclosure Auctions at Brooklyn County Courthouse (06/14/1999)

• Justice Department Urges Kentucky Bar to Continue to Allow Non-Lawyer Real Estate Closings (06/11/1999)

• Justice Department Approves Joint Licensing of Patents Essential for Making DVD-Video and DVD-ROM Discs Players (06/10/1999)

May

• Justice Department Requires Lamar Advertising Company to Restructure Its Acquisition of Vivid Inc.'s Billboard Assets (05/28/1999)

• Notice of Upcoming Depositions in U.S. v. Microsoft (05/27/1999)

• U.S. Department of Justice Requires Restructuring of Aggregate Deal in Southwest Florida (05/26/1999)

• Notice of Upcoming Depositions in U.S. v. Microsoft (05/25/1999)

• Justice Department Requires Computer Associates to Divest Software Assets In Platinum Technology Acquisition (05/25/1999)

• Notice of Upcoming Depositions in U.S. v. Microsoft (05/24/1999)

• Notice of Upcoming Depositions in U.S. v. Microsoft (05/21/1999)

• F. Hoffmann-La Roche and BASF Agree to Pay Record Criminal Fines for Participating in International Vitamin Cartel - Ff. Hoffmann-La Roche Agrees to Pay $500 Million, Highest Criminal Fine Ever, Swiss Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty and Serve U.S. Jail Time (05/20/1999)

• Statement of Assistant Attorney General Joel I. Klein Concerning U.S. v. F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, BASF Aktiengesellschaft, and Dr. Kuno Sommer (05/20/1999)

• Notice of Upcoming Depositions in U.S. v. Microsoft (05/17/1999)

• Statement by Joel I. Klein concerning the American Airlines case (05/13/1999)

• Justice Department Sues American Airlines for Monopolizing Dallas Airport Hub (05/13/1999)

• Justice Department Requires Chittenden Corp. And Vermont Financial to Divest Bank Branches and ATM in Vermont (05/12/1999)

• Justice Department Requires Bell Atlantic and GTE to Divest Wireless Businesses in Order to Proceed with Merger (05/07/1999)

• Fox Paine Restructures One of its Two Alaskan Telecommunications Acquisitions to Address Justice Department's Antitrust Concerns (05/07/1999)

• German Chemical Giant Charged with Participating in 17-Year International Price-Fixing Conspiracy (05/05/1999)

• German Company and Chief Executive Officer Each Agree to Pay Record Fines for International Conspiracy - Fines Are Largest in Antitrust History (05/04/1999)

• U.S. v. Microsoft: Notice Filed May 3, 1999 (05/03/1999)

• United States Announces Substantive Agreement on an Antitrust Cooperation Agreement with Japan (05/03/1999)

April

• Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd to Plead Guilty and Pay Fine for Role in Graphite Electrode Conspiracy (04/29/1999)

• Justice Department Settles Lawsuit with Suiza Foods Corporation and Broughton Foods (04/28/1999)

• Justice Department Challenges Joint Sales Agreement Between Citadel Communications and Triathlon Broadcasting - Citadel and Capstar Radio Partners Agree to Terminate JSA (04/28/1999)

• Notice of Upcoming Depositions in U.S. v. Microsoft (04/27/1999)

• Notice of Upcoming Depositions in U.S. v. Microsoft (04/27/1999)

• Attorney General Signs Antitrust Assistance Agreement with Australia (04/27/1999)

• Justice Department Approves Acquisition of English China Clays by Imetal After Parties Agree to Divestitures (04/26/1999)

• Justice Department Approves Clear Channel's Acquisition of Jacor Communications After Parties Agree to Divestitures (04/22/1999)

• Notice of Upcoming Depositions in U.S. v. Microsoft (04/22/1999)

• Justice Department Requires Capstar to Sell Five Radio Stations as Part of Triathlon Broadcasting Acquisition (04/21/1999)

• Justice Department Petitions Court to Find Interstate Bakeries Corporation in Civil Contempt for Violation of 1996 Consent Decree (04/13/1999)

• Department of Justice Announces New Protocol to Expedite Review Process for Terminating or Modifying Older Antitrust Decrees (04/13/1999)

• Texas and Louisiana Companies to Pay Civil Penalties Totaling $450,000 For Violating Antitrust Premerger Reporting Requirements (04/12/1999)

• Justice Department and States Require Divestiture in Waste Collection Asset Swap Deal (04/08/1999)

March

• New York Merchant Banking Fund to Pay $2,785,000 Penalty for Violating Antitrust Premerger Notification Requirements (03/30/1999)

• Justice Department Requires SBC to Divest Cellular Properties in Deal with Ameritech and Comcast (03/23/1999)

• U.S. v. Microsoft: Statement by Joel I. Klein (03/22/1999)

• Justice Department Issues 1998 Annual Supplement to the "Digest of Business Reviews" (03/22/1999)

• Justice Department Files Lawsuit to Block Suiza Foods Corporation's Acquisition of Broughton Foods Company (03/18/1999)

• Connecticut Supplier of Advertising and Display Materials Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy Charge (03/18/1999)

• Justice Department Approves Central Parking/Allright Merger After Parties Agree to Divestitures in Ten States (03/16/1999)

• Attorney General Signs Antitrust Cooperation Agreement With Israel (03/15/1999)

• Justice Department Announces its Intention to Block Suiza Foods Corporation's Acqusition of Broughton Foods Company (03/15/1999)

• Antitrust Division Statement Regarding America Online/Netscape Merger and America Online/Sun Strategic Alliance (03/12/1999)

• Justice Department Requires Capstar to Sell Five Radio Stations as Part of Triathlon Broadcasting Acquisition (03/05/1999)

• Five Executives, One Company Charged with Price Fixing and Agree to Cooperate in Investigation of Worldwide Vitamins Price Fixing Conspiracy (03/02/1999)

• Justice Department Approves Signature's Acquisition of AMR Combs (03/01/1999)

February

• Georgia Company and Chief Executive Charged with Bid Rigging on Water Treatment Facility Project (02/24/1999)

January

• Citicorp Services Abandons Acquisition of Transactive Corporation's EBT Services Assets (01/29/1999)

• Media One Group-Erie, Ltd Abandons Effort to Purchase Radio Stations from Rambaldo Communications Inc. in Erie, Pennsylvania (01/27/1999)

• Florida Physicians Agree to Stop Illegal Joint Negotiations in Response to Justice Department Lawsuit (01/26/1999)

• Former Lorillard Tobacco Co. Purchasing Agent Charged with Bid-Rigging and Tax Evasion (01/21/1999)

• International Paper Company Abandons the Sale of Its HPL Business to Formica Corporation - Decision Follows Justice Department's Announcement That It Would Challenge The Sale (01/19/1999)

• Justice Department Announces its Intention to Block Formica's Acquisition of International Paper Company's HPL Business (01/15/1999)

• Justice Department Urges FCC to Approve Direct Broadcasting Satellite Deal (01/14/1999)

• Justice Department Approves Proposal by Privately-Owned Funeral Homes to Engage in Joint Purchasing of Caskets (01/13/1999)

• Department of Justice Sues Dominant Maker of False Teeth for Anti-Competitive Practices (01/05/1999)