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Antitrust Settlements, Verdicts and Rulings
- Roche, BASF and Aventis $23 million USD cartel class action settlement awarded to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. (Jul-18-06)
- Microsoft Corp. $4.7 million in computers and equipment in an antitrust class-action settlement awarded (Jul-17-06)
- Boeing Co. $615 million antitrust settlement awarded to The Department of Justice. (Jul-5-06)
- State of Indiana $8.3 million antitrust settlement awarded to the U.S. Government. (Jul-5-06)
- DeBeers $45 million trade-generated class action law suits awarded to consumers and the diamond trade. (Jun-22-06)
- 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)
- 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)
- Elpida Memory Inc. $84 million antitrust fine for international price fixing of DRAM. (Feb-23-06)
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. $4.2 million antitrust settlement awarded to Xechem. (Jan-26-06)
- Domtar $12.5 million antitrust fine for antitrust violations regarding carbonless paper. (Jan-10-06)
- 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)
- GlaxoSmithKline $150 million settlement regarding cancer drug antitrust. (Sep-21-05)
- Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Andrx Corp. $24 million antitrust settlement for postponing the sale of generic versions of Cardizem. (Jul-6-05)
- 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)
- 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)
- State of California $60 million dollar settlement with Johnson & Johnson (May-22-01)