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Former Engineering Executive Sentenced for Rigging Bids and Defrauding North Carolina Department of Transportation

September 9, 2022

A former executive of Contech Engineered Solutions LLC (Contech) was sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment yesterday in New Bern, North Carolina, for his participation in bid-rigging and fraud schemes targeting the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). From the U.S. Department of Justice: Read More

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Global Shipping Container Suppliers China International Marine Containers and Maersk Container Industry Abandon Merger after Justice Department Investigation

August 25, 2022

China International Marine Containers Group Co. Ltd. (CIMC) confirmed today that it has abandoned its intended acquisition of Maersk Container Industry A/S and Maersk Container Industry Qingdao Ltd. (collectively, MCI) after the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division’s thorough investigation. From the U.S. Department of Justice: Read More

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Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission Issue Joint Comment to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to Preserve Competition for Regional Transmission

August 18, 2022

The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission yesterday submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) a joint comment urging it not to restore a right of first refusal that would enable incumbent electricity transmission owners to block competitors from bidding to design, construct, and own certain new interstate transmission facilities. From the…

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Two Companies Plead Guilty in Bid Rigging Scheme for Insulation Contracts

August 4, 2022

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Justice Department and National Labor Relations Board Announce Partnership to Protect Workers

July 26, 2022

The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) today to strengthen the partnership between the two agencies to better protect competitive labor markets and ensure that workers are able to freely exercise their rights under the labor laws. By strengthening their partnership, the agencies also…

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Justice Department Files Lawsuit and Proposed Consent Decrees to End Long-Running Conspiracy to Suppress Worker Pay at Poultry Processing Plants and Address Deceptive Abuses Against Poultry Growers

July 25, 2022

The Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against a data consulting firm and its president, as well as three poultry processors, to end a long-running conspiracy to exchange information about wages and benefits for poultry processing plant workers and collaborate with their competitors…

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Erie Woman Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Deceased Father’s Social Security Benefits

July 20, 2022

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Military Contractor Pleads Guilty to Rigging Bids for Public Contracts in Texas and Michigan

July 14, 2022

A Texas military contractor pleaded guilty yesterday to rigging bids on public military contracts in Texas and Michigan. From the U.S. Department of Justice: Read More

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Justice Department Celebrates the One-Year Anniversary of the Executive Order on Competition

July 11, 2022

Today, the Justice Department recognized the first anniversary of the President’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy, and celebrated the Antitrust Division’s most productive year of interagency competition policy engagement in recent history. From the U.S. Department of Justice: Read More

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Former Employee of Mechanical Contractor Sentenced to Prison for Inflating Change Orders

July 8, 2022

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