As result of Sherman Act investigations of international vitamin cartel, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice announces plea agreements by German and Swiss executives of BASF and Hoffman-LaRoche that involve prison sentences and substantial fines.(Brief Article)

From: International Law Update | Date: April 1, 2000 | Copyright information

On April 6, 2000, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed four separate criminal cases in a Dallas federal court charging defendants with conspiring between 1990 and 1999 to fix, raise and maintain prices and to allocate the sales volumes of vitamins sold in the U.S. and elsewhere. The conspiracy affected the ...

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