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Nathan Zito, co-founder of Z&Z Asphalt, was charged with a single felony count that outlined his invitation to conspire with a competitor, through a sham transaction, to attempt to monopolize the highway crack-sealing services markets in Montana and Wyoming.

U.S. v. Nathan Nephi Zito is the first criminal monopolization case in more than 40 years, reversing the Antitrust Division's practice of pursuing monopolization cases only civilly.

Nevertheless, the competitor declined, the DOJ investigated, and charges were successfully brought against Zito.

On October 31, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the first federal criminal prosecution in five decades for attempted monopolization in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act.

In another example of the Department of Labor (DOJ) pursuing criminal anti-trust cases against employers throughout the country, on October 27th, 2022, VDA OC, LLC (formerly Advantage...

Axion Specialty Contracting LLC has been fined $1.3 million for anti-trust conspiracy. They are the third company sentenced in an ongoing investigation

Montana District Court accepted the guilty plea of an asphalt and paving contractor accused of attempted monopolization. The case is the DOJ’s first successful criminal prosecution for monopolization under Section 2 of the Sherman Act in over 40 years.

Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division announced that seven directors from the boards of five companies resigned in response to concerns...

The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) suggested at the beginning of the year that it would consider criminally prosecuting monopolization conduct—a departure...