February 13, 2023
Federal prosecutors have asked a Montana federal judge to sentence the former president of a local paving company to 6 to 12 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for attempting to monopolize highway crack-sealing services.
February 10, 2023
The president of a Montana paving company is asking a federal judge for probation after pleading guilty to monopolizing highway crack-sealing services, in one of the first such criminal cases in decades.
December 21, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice suffered a string of stinging setbacks in criminal antitrust cases this year but also extracted guilty pleas in emerging areas of enforcement, while private antitrust parties saw key rulings on patent and class issues.
November 02, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice secured a guilty plea this week in the first criminal monopolization case in decades, as the agency continues its efforts to push antitrust enforcement into new and forgotten areas, but not everyone is impressed.
October 31, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice said Monday that the president of a Montana paving and asphalt contractor pled guilty to criminal charges for trying to monopolize the market for highway crack-sealing services, marking the agency's first criminal monopolization case in decades.