Articles Posted in DOJ Antitrust Highlights

On June 6, the Federal Trade Commission authorized the filing of a joint amicus brief with the U.S. Department of Justice in the case of Latino Quimica-Amtex S.A. v. Atofina, et al., No. 05-5754-CV (2d Cir.). The case involves an international price-fixing conspiracy by manufacturers of two chemicals, sodium monochloroacetate and monochloroacetic acid, which are…

On June 2, Euronext and the New York Stock Exchange announced a merger that would create the world’s largest stock exchange, and the first cross-Atlantic bourse. At the same time, Deutche B

On June 2, the European Commission approved a

On May 31, the Commission has authorized the staff to file a joint amicus brief with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in the case of Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Ross-Simmons Hardwood Lumber Co., No. 05-381 (S. Ct.).The brief, which was filed on May 26, 2006, urges the Court to grant certiorari in this case, in…

On May 30, the DOJ approved Avocent Corp.’s $416 million acquisition of Landesk Software Inc. The deal was announced in April. Avocent is a supplier of network equipment technology and Landesk makes software to secure and manage information technology.

On May 26, Intelsat Ltd. announced that it received clearance from the Department of Justice for its $6.4 billion cash-and-debt deal to buy rival PanAmSat Holdings Corp. Under the terms, Intelsat would pay $25 in cash for each share of PanAmSat and assume about $3.2 billion in debt. The Bermuda-based satellite communications company said last…

On May 23, the Department of Justice approved Precision Castparts Corp.’s $540 million cash acquisition of Special Metals Corp. Huntington, West Virginia based Special Metals is the world’s biggest maker of nickel-based alloys and superalloys for forged products. Precision, based in Portland, Oregon, is one of Special Metals’ customers and manufactures components for the aerospace,…

On May 23, Attachmate Corp. received clearance from the Department of Justice for its $495 million cash purchase of San Jose-based NetlQ Corp. The deal was announced in April. Seattle-based Attachmate is a privately held vendor of software used to link mainframes to PCs. The takeover removes ailing NetIQ from the ranks of publicly traded…

On May 22, Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric Corp. announced that it is under investigation by the DOJ’s Antitrust Division over its former DRAM chip operations’ sales activities between 1998 and 2002.

On May 18, the DOJ approved computer chipmaker Applied Materials Inc.’s $303 million purchase of Applied Films Corp. of Longmont, Colo., which makes equipment for manufacturing flat-panel displays and solar cells, without issuing a second request. Andre Barlow