Tag: Bid-Rigging
UK Public Procurement – Increasing Risks for Cartel Participants
Risks are increasing for those involved in cartel activity in the UK and in particular bid-rigging in public procurement. The UK Government has recently...
Military Contractor Indicted For Bid-Rigging Scheme
A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas returned an indictment charging a military contractor for rigging bids on public military contracts...
Caltrans Manager Pleads Guilty In US Bid-Rigging Scheme
A former Caltrans manager accepted more than $800,000 in bribes to award construction contracts to pre-selected companies at inflated prices, according to a US Attorney’s...
Belgian Security Firm Pleads Guilty Price-Fixing
Belgian security firm, has agreed to plead guilty for its role in a conspiracy to rig bids, allocate customers and fix prices for defense-related...
CIMA+ Settles Quebec Bid-Rigging Case
Engineering firm CIMA+ has been ordered to pay CA$3.2 million (US$2.5 million) over the next four years for bid-rigging on municipal infrastructure contracts in...
India Opens Antitrust Probe Against JK Tyre For Bid-Rigging
India's antitrust regulator is investigating JK Tyre after a state government accused the company of bid rigging, and the probe has been expanded to other...
SNC-Lavalin Settles Canadian Bid-Rigging Case
Engineering firm SNC-Lavalin has been ordered to pay $1.9 million for rigging bids on municipal infrastructure contracts in the province of Québec as part...
Fuel Supply Bid-Rigging Prosecution Highlights Interplay of Whistleblower Statute and Antitrust...
Sonny A. Carpenter & Jeffrey Martino (The Antitrust Advocate)
On April 8, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division (Division), the DOJ Civil Division and the...
Avoiding Price Gouging, Price Fixing and Other Antitrust Risks During the...
By Carl Hittinger & Ann O’Brien (BakerHostetler)1
The COVID-19 global pandemic has upended typical supply and demand in unprecedented ways. As the world struggles to...
DOJ Settlement With A Firm Involved in Bid Rigging For US...
South Korea-based company Jier Shin Korea and its president, Sang Joo Lee, have agreed to pay US$2 million to the United States for civil...
