American consumers were harmed by the conspiracy. |
By conspiring to drive up the price of DRAM [chips], Samsung and its co-conspirators forced consumers to pay more for these products. |
By conspiring to drive up the price of DRAM, Samsung and its co-conspirators forced consumers to pay more for these products, |
By conspiring to drive up the price of DRAM, Samsung and its co-conspirators forced consumers to pay more for these products. |
Competition among hospitals results in lower prices, greater quality of care, and increased innovation for healthcare consumers. The antitrust division will continue to be vigilant in ensuring that hospitals and other healthcare providers do not unreasonably deprive consumers of the benefits of competition. |
It is likely that consumers will benefit from this transaction. |
Joint ventures and other collaborative arrangements may be helpful in rebuilding after the devastation caused by the hurricanes, and the Antitrust Division (of the Justice Department) is committed to helping to foster the recovery efforts, |
Our assessment was the various competitive alternatives that remain out there, combined with the efficiencies that Whirlpool is likely to achieve . . . make it likely that consumers will benefit from this transaction. |
Price-fixing threatens our free market system and robs consumers of the benefit of competitive prices. We vigorously investigate and prosecute companies and individuals involved in these conspiracies. |
Prison time for price fixers is the most potent deterrent to illegal cartel activity. |
The Antitrust Division will vigorously enforce this requirement against any company that assumes operational control of a business that it is acquiring. |
The commentary provides a new level of transparency in our merger enforcement decisions. The business community can see how the agencies have applied the Horizontal Merger Guidelines to a wide range of specific factual circumstances. |
The divestitures required by the department will ensure that competition at movie theaters in the affected parts of Chicago, New York, Boston, Seattle and Dallas is preserved. |
The victims in this case included a not-for-profit corporation and a religious institution operating schools, hospitals, and convents. |
These charges demonstrate the resolve to prosecute those who defraud American consumers. |