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Antitrust Press Release Archive

>> MASSACHUSETTS AG SETTLES WITH MARSH MCLENNAN Attorney General Martha Coakley?s Office, along with eight other states, has reached a settlement with New York-based insurance broker Marsh, Inc., Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., and their subsidiaries and affiliates (?Marsh?). January 6, 2009

>> KY AG ANNOUNCES $1.1 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH DRUG MANUFACTURER Attorney General Jack Conway announced today a settlement with Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) resolving contentions that BMS violated court orders in two earlier lawsuits blocking the company from entering into collusive agreements with generic drug competitors. January 6, 2009

>> NV AG MASTO SETTLES WITH BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB FOR VIOLATING COURT ORDERS Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto announced a multistate settlement with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (?BMS?) resolving contentions that BMS violated court orders in two earlier antitrust lawsuits. January 6, 2009

>> WI AG ANNOUNCES BRISTOL-MYERS SETTLED STATE AG CLAIMS CO. VOLATED COURT ORDERS RE ANTICOMPETITIVE CONDUCT Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced a settlement with Bristol-Myers Squibb resolving contentions that Bristol-Myers Squibb violated court orders in two earlier lawsuits. January 6, 2009

>> UTAH ATTORNEY GENERAL ISSUES STATEMENT ON POSSIBLE BCS INVESTIGATION Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff will be meeting soon with lawyers and investigators to discuss whether the BCS is violating any antitrust laws. January 13, 2009

>> ATTORNEY GENERAL ABBOTT SETTLES RESTRAINT OF TRADE CASE WITH MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today filed an agreed injunction with the Harris County District Court that resolves the state?s antitrust investigation into Memorial Hermann Healthcare System. February 5, 2009

>> BROWN SUES DRUG MAKERS THAT CONSPIRED TO KEEP GENERIC TESTOSTERONE SUPPLEMENTS OFF SHELVES California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. and the Federal Trade Commission today filed an antitrust lawsuit against four pharmaceutical companies that conspired to monopolize the sale of a testosterone supplement in a ?predatory move? to reap huge profits at the expense of consumers. February 5, 2009

>> CONNECTICUT ATTORNEY GENERAL SETTLES WITH PENSION PLAN BROKER FOR HIDDEN PAYMENTS FROM INSURERS Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced that USI Consulting Group, Inc. (USICG) has agreed to pay $470,000 and adopt sweeping business reforms to resolve allegations that it accepted concealed compensation from insurers in exchange for access to lucrative pension plan business. March 5, 2009

>> MADIGAN RECOMMENDS IMPROVEMENTS TO STATE'S ROAD SALT PROCUREMENT PROCESS After an extensive investigation into the exorbitant road salt prices experienced by many municipalities across the state of Illinois, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has recommended modifications to the state procurement procedures overseen by the Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS). March 18, 2009

>> AG BLUMENTHAL QUESTIONS FED PROGRAM THAT STEERS UP TO $400 MILLION TO BIG THREE RATING AGENCIES, ASKS FED TO RECONSIDER Attorney General Blumenthal today announced he is investigating why a Federal Reserve bailout unfairly steers up to $400 million to the Big Three credit rating agencies who helped create the economic meltdown by overrating risky securities. April 8, 2009

>> LAWSUIT ALLEGES PRICE-FIXING, ANTICOMPETITIVE PRACTICES BY MANUFACTURERS OF AUTO FILTERS Attorney General Bill McCollum announced today that his office has filed a lawsuit against nine of the largest manufacturers of aftermarket auto filters in the United States. May 14, 2009

>> ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN REACHES AGREEMENT IN LAWSUIT AGAINDT CHRISTIE CLINIC Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today that she has reached an agreement with Christie Clinic of Champaign under which the clinic promises to guarantee access to primary care services to thousands of Medicaid patients in Champaign County. May 14, 2009

>> ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES $2.4 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH MARSH & MCLENNAN FOR BID RIGGING, STEERING INSURANCE CONSUMERS Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced a $2.4 million settlement with Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. for alleged bid rigging, price fixing and illegally steering Connecticut businesses and consumers to favored insurers in exchange for millions of dollars in undisclosed kickbacks. May 14, 2009

>> ATTORNEY GENERAL MARTHA COAKLEY SETTLES BID RIGGING LAWSUIT AGAINST GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY Today, Attorney General Martha Coakley?s Office entered into a settlement with Ohio-based insurer Great American Insurance Company (?Great American?) resolving llegations that Great American submitted a fake and intentionally uncompetitive insurance quote to Norwood-based Analog Devices, Inc. (?Analog Devices?) as part of a scheme to ensure American International Group, Inc. (?AIG?) won Analog Devices? 2004 insurance renewal. May 18, 2009

>> MISSISSIPPI SETTLES WITH MICROSOFT Jackson, MS-Mississippi has reached a multi-million dollar anti-trust settlement with software giant Microsoft, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today. August 5, 2009

>> ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO FILES ANTITRUST LAWSUIT AGAINST INTEL CORPORATION, THE WORLD'S LARGEST MAKER OF MICROPROCESSORS December 4, 2009

>> ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES LANDMARK $1.3 MILLION REINSURANCE PRICE FIXING SETTLEMENT WITH THE HARTFORD December 4, 2009

>> ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT PRESERVING COMPETITION IN CONNECTICUT'S DEICING ROAD SALT MARKET December 4, 2009

>> ATTORNEY GENERAL MASTO FILES SUIT ALLEGING PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF PALM MORTUARY BY SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL IS ANTICOMPETITIVE December 4, 2009

>> ATTORNEY GENERAL KOSTER REACHES ANTI-TRUST SETTLEMENT WITH MEDICAL WASTE COMPANIES December 4, 2009

>> ATTORNEY GENERAL BRUNING FILES ANTITRUST SUIT, OFFERS SETTLEMENT IN MEDICAL WASTE MERGER December 4, 2009

>> IDAHO JOINS IN SECOND VITAMIN PRICE-FIXING SETTLEMENT December 4, 2009

>> VITAMIN MANUFACTURES PAY $25 MILLION FOR PRICE FIXING, ANNOUNCES AG December 4, 2009

>> TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES $25 MILLION MULTISTATE AGREEMENT FOR VITAMINS PRICE-FIXING CONSPIRACY December 4, 2009

>> AG KING ANNOUNCES $25-MILLION VITAMIN PRICE FIXING SETTLEMENT December 4, 2009

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