District of Columbia v. Basiliko, DC, No. 91-2528 (Judge Joyce Hens Green), 9/16/94.

Settlement with and judgments against real estate speculators who rigged bids at public land auctions.

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District of Columbia v. Marquee Holdings Inc. and LCE Holdings, Inc.

District of Columbia filed a complaint and a proposed stipulated final judgment simultaneously. The complaint alleged that the merger of movie chains AMC and Loews would substantially lessen competition in the District of Columbia. The stipulated final judgment requires the divestiture of one AMC theatre and one Loews theater, and prohibits the defendants from entering into contracts restricting the rights of theater landlords to rent former AMC and Loews theaters to new theater tenants.

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U.S. v. First Data Corporation and Concord EFS, Inc., 1:03CV02169 (D.D.C. filed 10/23/03)

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Plaintiff States sought to enjoin the merger between First Data Corporation (First Data) and Concord EFS, Inc. (Concord), alleging that the merger would substantially lessen competition in the financial services market.

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New York et al. v. Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc., Roche Vitamin, Inc.; Aventis Animal Nutrition S.A.; Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co. LTD; Eisai Co, LTD; Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd; BASF Corporation (master case)

In various state court filings around the country, Plaintiff States alleged that Defendants conspired to set the prices of vitamins that go into various products. The exemplar case upon which all other settlements were ultimately based was filed in the District of Columbia in conjunction with various private class actions.

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