Trade Commission Enl~,--.-A ~elnent Activities Fiscnj year.1996 - .ilsrcil 31,I999 ABA ANTITRUST SECTION SPRING MEETING Summary of Bureau of Competition Activity Fiscal Year 1996 Through March 31. 1999 Table of Contents I. Mergers ................................................ A. Consent Orders .................................. ABB .......................................... Albertson's. Inc. Autodesk. Inc ....... American Home Products Baxter International Inc .................... The Boeing Company ............................ 2 British Petroleum Company p.1.c .................... 2 Cablevision Systems Corp.............. :.......... 3 Cadence Design Systems. Inc ....................... 3 Castle Harlan Partners. II L.P. ...................... 3 Ciba-Geigy Limited .............................. 3 CMS Energy Corporation ........................................... 4 ColumbiaEICA Healthcare Corporation ................................ 4 ColumbiaEICA Healthcare Corporation ................................ 4 Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company .......................... 4 Compagnie de Saint-Gobain ......................................... 4 Cooperative Computing. Inc .......................................... 5 CUC International. Inc .............................................. 5 CVS Corporation .................................................. 5 Degussa Corporation ............................................... 5 Devro International plc ............................................. 5 DowChemicalCompany ............................................6 Dwight's Energydata. Inc ............................................6 EXXON Corporation ...............................................6 Federal-Mogul Corporation ..........................................6 First Data Corporation .............................................6. F1eseniusA.G. ....................................................6 GeneralMil1s.h~.................................................7. Global Industrial Technologies. Inc ...................................7. GuinnessPLC ....................................................7 HoechstAG ......................................................7 Hughes Danbury Optical Systems ..................................... 7 Illinois Tool Works. Inc .............................................8 Insilco Corporation ................................................8 Intel Corporation .................................................. 8 J.C.PenneyCompany .............................................. 8 Jitney-Jungle Stores of America, Inc ...................................9 Johnson&Johnson ................................................9 Koninklijke Ahold NV .............................................. 9 Koninklijke Ahold NV .............................................. 9 LaFarge Corporation ............................................... 9 Landamerica Financial Group. Inc . [formerly Lawyers Title Corporation] ......9 Litton Industries. Inc ............................................... 10 Local Health System. Inc ........................................... 10 Lockheed Martin corporation .......................................10 LoewenGroupInc.................................................10 Loewen Group International ........................................ 10 MahleGmbH .................................................... 10 Medtronic. Inc ....................................................10 Medtronic. Inc .................................................... 11 MerckandCo. Inc ................................................. 11 Mustad International Group NV ..................................... 11 NGCCorporation ................................................. 11 Nortek.Inc ...................................................... 11 PacifiCorp ...................................................... 11 Phillips Petroleum Company ........................................ 12 Phillips Petroleum Company ........................................ 12 PraxairInc....................................................... 12 Raytheoncompany ............................................... 12 Rite Aid Corporation .............................................. 12 Roche Holdings Ltd ............................................... 12 S.C.Johnson&Son.Inc ............................................ 13 Service Corporation International .................................... 13 Service Corporation International .................................... 13 ShellOilCompany ................................................ 13 ShellOilCompany ................................................ 13 Silicon Graphics. Inc ...............................................13 Skychefs. Inc .................................................... 14 Stop & Shop Companies. Inc.. The ................................... 14 Tenet Healthcare Corporation .......................................14 TimeWamerInc.................................................14. TRWInc........................................................15 Upjohncompany .................................................15 Wesley-lessen Corporation .........................................15 Williams Companies .............................................. 15 B. Authorizations to Seek Preliminary Injunctions ..........................16 Blodgett Memorial Medical Center ................................... 16 Cardinal Health Inc ................................................ 16 McKesson Corporation ............................................ 16 MediqInc....................................................... 16 Questar Corporation ............................................... 17 Rite Aid Corporation .............................................. 17 Staples.Inc...................................................... 17 Tenet Healthcare Corporation ....................................... 17 C. Commission Opinionshitial Decisions ................................ 17 D. Court Decisions .................................................. 18 Blodgett Memorial Medical Center ................................... 18 Coca-Cola Bottling of the Southwest ................................. 18 Freeman Hospital .................................................18 E. Orderviolations .................................................. 18 Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation ............................... 18 CVS Corporation ................................................. 18 Red Apple Companies. Inc .......................................... 19 Rite Aid Corporation .............................................. 19 SchnuckMarkets.Inc .............................................. 19 F. Other Commission Orders .......................................... 19 Blodgett Memorial Medical Center ................................... 19 Coca-Cola Bottling of the Southwest .................................20 Freeman Hospital ................................................. 20 G. Complaints ......................................................20 Automatic Data Processing. Inc ...................................... 20 Blodgett Memorial Medical Center ................................... 20 Monier Lifetile LLC .............................................. 20 H. Other ........................................................... 21 Clayton Act -- Section 8 ............................................ 21 Horizontal Merger Guidelines ....................................... 21 Protocol ........................................................ 21 11. Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act Enforcement ...................... 22 . A. Court Decis~ons.................................................. 22 B. Consentorders ................................................... 22 Automatic Data Processing. Inc ...................................... 22 Blackstone Capital Partners II Merchant ...............................22 Foodmaker.Inc................................................... 22 . Hany E. Flggle. Jr .................................................23 Loewen Group Inc .and Loewen Group International. Inc ..................23 Mahle GmbH and Metal Leve S.A. ...................................23 Sara Lee Corporation .............................................-23 Titan Wheel International. Inc ......................................23. C. Complaints (Filed as part of a consent agreement not listed separately) ....... 24 D. Rules and Formal Interpretations ..................................... 24 Rules to Exempt Certain Mergers and Acquisitions ...................... 24 Rules to Exempt Certain Acquisitions Required by FTC Orders or Court Orders . Amendment to Rule 802.70 ......................................... 24 Limited Liability Companies - Formal Interpretation ..................... 24 E. Other ........................................................... 25 Seventeenth Annual Report (Fiscal Year 1994) ......................... 25 Eighteenth Annual Report (Fiscal Year 1995) .......................... 25 Nineteenth Annual Report (Fiscal Year 1996) .......................... 25 Twentieth Annual Report (Fiscal Year 1997) ........................... 25 Twenty-first Annual Report (Fiscal Year 1998) ......................... 25 III. Non-Merger Enforcement .................................................. 26 Horizontal Enforcement .................................................26 A. Commission Opinions/Initial Decisions ............................... 26 California Dental Association ....................................... 26 International