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USA v. Kemp & Associates et al
Case Number:
2:16-cr-00403
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Firms
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January 28, 2020
No Prison Time For Heir Locator In Market Splitting Case
A Utah federal judge has sentenced the co-owner of a Salt Lake City-based company that locates heirs to unclaimed estates to probation after he pled guilty to illegally splitting the market with a rival, despite the Justice Department's request for prison time.
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July 10, 2019
Heir Locator Pleads Guilty To Splitting Market With Rival
A Utah heir-locating business and its co-owner pled guilty to illegally splitting the market with a rival, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday, notching a win for the DOJ's policy of using the "per se" standard of inherent wrongdoing in criminal antitrust cases.
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February 21, 2019
On Redo, Court Adopts Laxer Standard For Heir-Finder Case
A Utah federal judge on Thursday handed the U.S. Department of Justice an important win in its criminal antitrust case against an heir-locating business, reversing a prior decision and finding that the alleged market allocation scheme should be viewed under the easier-to-prove per se standard.
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January 11, 2019
Heir Locator's Anti-Per Se Arguments Already Rejected: DOJ
To salvage a criminal antitrust case against an heir-locating business, the U.S. Department of Justice continued to push a Utah federal judge Thursday to impose the easier-to-prove per se test to show that the company's alleged decision to divvy up its market with a competitor was illegal.
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December 17, 2018
DOJ Pushes Per Se Test In Heir Locator Antitrust Case
The U.S. Justice Department has urged a Utah federal judge to rethink forcing prosecutors to pursue a case against a Utah heir-locating business under a tougher evidence standard than is typical for criminal antitrust cases.
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February 05, 2018
Heir-Tracking Co. Urges 10th Circ. To Refuse Antitrust Case
A Utah-based heir-tracking company on Friday urged the Tenth Circuit to reject the U.S. Department of Justice's attempt to reinstate criminal antitrust allegations against it, arguing the trial court correctly found the government waited too long to bring its case.
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August 29, 2017
DOJ Antitrust Charges Against Heir-Tracker Co. Dismissed
A Utah federal judge on Monday threw out the U.S. Department of Justice's criminal case against an heir-tracker company in the state, saying it was too late to bring the charges over an alleged agreement with another firm to apportion customers.
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June 23, 2017
DOJ Must Show Heir-Tracker Co. Hurt Competition
A Utah federal judge on Thursday found the government must prove a Utah company that tracks down lost and unknown heirs actually harmed competition with an alleged antitrust conspiracy to allocate customers within the industry.
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September 23, 2016
Heir-Finder Co., Owner Plead Not Guilty In Antitrust Case
A company that tracks down lost and unknown heirs and its co-owner on Friday pled not guilty in Utah federal court to charges that they conspired to allocate customers in the industry.