Links to Governmental Websites of Interest
U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division
www.usdoj.gov/atr/
The Department of Justice Antitrust Division is the
primary federal agency charged with enforcing the Sherman and Clayton Acts,
and the Hart-Scott-Rodino amendments. The site contains documents from case
files for the Department's merger reviews and enforcement actions.
U.S. Federal Trade Commission
www.ftc.gov/ftc/antitrust.htm
The FTC's antitrust arm, the Bureau of Competition,
seeks to prevent unfair business practices that restrain competition under
the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Federal and state antitrust officials
www.antitrustinstitute.org/directory.cfm
A directory of antitrust chiefs in each state's
Attorneys General office, and staff of the US DOJ Antitrust Division, the US
FTC Bureau of Competition, and Congressional committees as compiled by the
American Antitrust Institute.
U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission
www.sec.gov
All publicly traded companies, including those in the
solid waste industry, have to file annual financial reports, and other
significant financial notices, with the Securities and Exchange Commission
which maintains these filings accessible to the public on-line in its EDGAR
data base.