Settlements - Antitrust

• Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. $316 million agreement awarded to Spartanburg to settle allegations of antitrust. (Jun-15-06)
• Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. $22.5 million settlement awarded to Sandoz for antitrust violations. (Jun-12-06)
• Southeastern Restoration, Inc. $609,000 settlement for price gouging after the 2004 hurricane season. (May-31-06)
• Hynix Semiconductor Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Infineon Technologies AG $161 million class action settlement for conspiring to fix the price of DRAM. (May-12-06)
• Microsoft Corp. Tentative $70 million antitrust class action settlement. (May-3-06)
• GlaxoSmithKline $3.5 million awarded in multistate pharmaceutical antitrust settlement. (Apr-23-06)
• Microsoft Corp. Several class actions dismissed for allegedly overcharging customers for PC operating systems. (Apr-19-06)
• GlaxoSmithKline $14 million settlement for creating and holding a monopoly of the anti-depressant drug Paxil. (Mar-29-06)
• PPG Industries Inc. $60 million settlement for conspiring with other glassmakers to overcharge for flat glass products. (Mar-20-06)
• Elpida Memory Inc. $84 million antitrust fine for international price fixing of DRAM. (Feb-23-06)
• Honda of Santa Monica $1.37 million settlement for overcharging consumers for an anti-theft product. (Feb-7-06)
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. $4.2 million antitrust settlement awarded to Xechem. (Jan-26-06)
• BP Products North America Inc. $315,000 fine paid to the state of New Jersey for raising gas prices over the 2005 Labor Day long weekend. (Jan-17-06)
• Domtar $12.5 million antitrust fine for antitrust violations regarding carbonless paper. (Jan-10-06)
• Mirant Corp. $31.8 million settlement awarded to San Diego Gas & Electric customers after being overcharged during the energy crisis in 2000 and 2001. (Jan-2-06)
• Microsoft $30 million settlement awarded to Daum Communications who claimed MSN Messenger and Windows Media Player was tied to Windows operating system. (Nov-13-05)
• Dow, DuPont Dow Elastomers, and E.I. du Pont Nemours $2.9 million class action settlement for conspiring to fix prices of Neoprene. (Nov-3-05)
• Microsoft Corp. $761 million antitrust settlement awarded to RealNetworks after Microsoft bundled Windows Media Player within the Windows operating system. (Oct-29-05)
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. $300 million fine for price fixing conspiracy of dynamic random access memory. (Oct-15-05)
• Medical Transportation Management Inc. $2.4 million settlement for violating antitrust laws and Medicaid fraud. (Sep-29-05)
• GlaxoSmithKline $150 million settlement regarding cancer drug antitrust. (Sep-21-05)
• Xcel Energy Inc. $7.3 million settlement awarded to several Californian electrical companies. (Sep-17-05)
• Reliant Energy Inc. $525 million settlement awarded to five California companies related to the energy crisis in 2000 - 2001. (Aug-22-05)
• Garner Construction $200,000 settlement for overcharging Florida residents for house repairs after four hurricanes hit the state. (Aug-6-05)
• Enron Corp. $1.52 billion awarded to the state of California for market manipulation during the 2000/2001 energy crisis. (Jul-27-05)
• Utah State Tax Commission $5.7 million settlement refunded to 120,000 Utah residents who were overcharged for floor coverings. (Jul-14-05)
• Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Andrx Corp. $24 million antitrust settlement for postponing the sale of generic versions of Cardizem. (Jul-6-05)
• Microsoft $775 million antitrust settlement awarded to IBM. (Jul-5-05)
• Microsoft Corp. $41million credit awarded to North Carolina schools. (Jun-24-05)
• Microsoft Corp. A $28.6 million settlement for monopolizing the market in eight states. (Jun-24-05)
• Exxon Mobil Corp. A possible $1.3 billion settlement. (May-23-05)
• Hoffman-LaRoche et al. A $335 million antitrust settlement with vitamin makers (Apr-29-05)
• Hynix Semiconductor A $185 million fine for DRAM price fixing. (Apr-23-05)
• Microsoft Corp. A $150 million antitrust settlement. (Apr-12-05)
• Ranbaxy Laboratories A 4.5 million pound antitrust settlement. (Apr-4-05)
• Infineon Technologies A $47 million settlement awarded to Rambus for patent infringements. (Mar-29-05)
• Major Cosmetics Manufacturers and Retailers A $175 million settlement for price fixing. (Mar-13-05)
• 3M Co. An undisclosed settlement for antitrust of transparent tape. (Feb-28-05)
• AT&T, MA A $565,000 settlement awared to customers. (Feb-17-05)
• DuPont Dow Elastomers An $84 million fine to avoid charges of price fixing. (Jan-24-05)
• Visa and Mastercard A $3 billions antitrust settlement awarded to retailers. (Jan-17-05)
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. A $30 million antitrust settlement for BuSpar and Taxol. (Dec-16-04)
• Microsoft Computer and Communications Industry Association antitrust settlement (Dec-7-04)
• Microsoft Operating Systems settlement, CA) (Nov-18-04)
• Microsoft Inc. Novell NetWare Antitrust. (Nov-15-04)
• Microsoft Corp. Superior Court Judge Paul H. Alvarado has granted final approv.. (Jul-21-04)
• Weyerhaeuser. A $34.5 million settlement has been reached in the antitrust law.. (May-5-04)
• El Paso Natural Gas. A $48.3 million settlement has been reached in the lawsui.. (Dec-18-03)
• State of California $60 million dollar settlement with Johnson & Johnson (May-22-01)