February 20, 2024
The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday found that a concrete executive has to wait until after he's tried to contest his indictment by a remotely convened grand jury during the pandemic on charges of allegedly fixing prices and rigging bids for ready-mix concrete in Georgia.
September 19, 2023
A former cement salesman pled guilty Tuesday in Georgia federal court to his role in an alleged conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for $83 million of ready-mix concrete in the Savannah, Georgia, area under a deal designed to spare the "conduit and messenger" between co-conspirators prison time.
July 25, 2023
A Georgia federal judge rejected a concrete company's attempt to upend a magistrate judge's order denying its request for more information from "vague" U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors concerning allegations it participated in a price-fixing, bid-rigging scheme for sales of ready-mix concrete in the greater Savannah, Georgia, area.
May 09, 2023
A Georgia concrete company has urged a federal court to overturn a magistrate judge's denial of its attempt to get more information from "vague" prosecutors about an alleged six-year antitrust scheme, saying it can't properly prepare a trial defense without details of its alleged involvement.
May 05, 2023
A concrete executive accused of price-fixing urged a Georgia federal judge to upend a magistrate judge's recommendation to preserve false statements charges, arguing the court should protect him from statements made to federal agents without his attorney present.
April 21, 2023
A federal magistrate judge recommended rejecting dismissal motions in a case against a concrete company and executives accused of participating in a scheme to fix prices, rig bids and allocate markets for ready-mix concrete in the Savannah, Georgia, area.
December 14, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice will pursue a charge of lying to investigators against a concrete company official accused of participating in a scheme to fix prices and rig bids for ready-mix concrete in the Savannah, Georgia, area despite the man's claim that he was illegally interrogated.
August 23, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice told a Georgia federal court that its criminal case accusing a concrete company and four individuals of fixing prices, rigging bids and allocating markets for ready-mix concrete properly alleges an overarching conspiracy.
September 03, 2020
A federal grand jury has issued an indictment against a Georgia company and four individuals for an alleged years-long conspiracy to fix prices, rig bids and allocate markets for ready-mix concrete, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.