New York v. Facsimile Communications Industry, Inc. d/b/a/ Atlantic Business Products, Inc., No. 402299/03 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. County 2002)

Atlantic Business Products and Candle Business Systems entered into a customer allocation agreement that had a negative effect on the retail copier market. Candle plead to the criminal charges and entered into a settlement resolving the civil action.

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New York v. Candle Business Systems, Inc., No. 402805-02 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. County Aug. 29, 2002)

Plaintiff state alleged a decade-long conspiracy between two of the New York metropolitan area’s largest copier and duplicator retailers to supply customers in violation of the Donnelly Act, New York’s antitrust law. The investigation also led to the indictment of a salesperson for bribery and bid-rigging in connection with the sale of copiers and duplicators to New York City schools.

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R & D Business Systems, et al vs. Xerox Corp. (Texas as intervenor) Civ.No. 2:92-CV-042, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division

State of Texas intervened in previously filed private suit, alleging Xerox attempted to monopolize, tied parts to service and organized group boycott

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