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United States of America v. Energy Solutions, Inc. et al
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January 03, 2018
Biggest Competition Cases Of 2017
The U.S. Department of Justice went on a winning streak last year that included successful merger challenges across a range of industries, while sprawling civil litigation involving pharmaceuticals and electronics saw major developments. Here, Law360 takes a look at some of the biggest competition cases from 2017.
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June 21, 2017
DOJ Wins Bid To Block $367M Radioactive Waste Cos.' Merger
A Delaware federal judge on Wednesday blocked the $367 million merger of EnergySolutions Inc. and Waste Control Specialists LLC, siding with the U.S. Department of Justice in the government's bid to enjoin the deal between rival nuclear waste processors on antitrust grounds.
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May 05, 2017
DOJ Denies Merger Rule Stretch In Radioactive Waste Trial
A U.S. Department of Justice attorney denied accusations Friday that the government stretched antitrust guidelines, during the close of a 10-day Clayton Act trial in Delaware aimed at blocking a $367 million merger of EnergySolutions Inc. and Waste Control Specialists LLC's nuclear waste disposal business.
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April 24, 2017
DOJ, Radioactive Waste Firms Spar Over $367M Merger Risks
Dueling pictures emerged Monday of a West Texas radioactive waste site caught up in an antitrust trial in Delaware, with the U.S. Department of Justice calling the site ground zero in a $367 million market-control grab, and merger parties describing it as an otherwise doomed money pit.
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December 21, 2016
Radioactive Waste Cos. Can't Move Merger Suit To Texas
An antitrust suit brought by the federal government to block a $367 million merger between radioactive waste giant Energy Solutions Inc. and Waste Control Specialists LLC will stay in Delaware after a federal judge there declined to transfer the case to Texas on Wednesday.
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December 05, 2016
Feds Want Suit Over $367M Waste Cos. Merger Kept In Del.
The federal government told a Delaware judge Friday not to allow a transfer of its suit seeking to prevent a merger worth $367 million between waste giant Energy Solutions Inc. and Waste Control Specialists LLC, saying all of the companies' merger agreements chose Delaware as their preferred forum.
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November 16, 2016
Radioactive Waste Merger Would Nuke Competition, Feds Say
The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday slapped waste giant Energy Solutions Inc. with a lawsuit aimed to block its proposed $367 million acquisition of Waste Control Specialists LLC, saying the merger would eliminate competition in low-level radioactive waste disposal services in most of the country.