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South Lake Tahoe Lodging Association

Consent order prohibits the association from entering into agreements that restrict its members from posting or advertising room rates for lodgings in the South Lake Tahoe area of Northern California and Nevada.

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
9710110
Docket Number
C-3830

Schwartz, Gerald W.; Onex Corporation, SC International Services, Inc., and Sky Chefs, Inc., In the Matter of

Sky Chefs modified its acquisition plans, excluding Ogden Corporation's in-flight catering operation at the McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada from its purchase agreement, to settle Commission concerns that the consolidation of the two firms in Las Vegas would lead to higher prices for airline catering services. The consent order prohibits Sky Chefs from making certain acquisitions without Commission approval for 10 years.

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
9810211
Docket Number
C-3828

LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc.

LandAmerica agreed to divest title plants in 11 areas to settle antitrust allegations that its proposed acquisition of Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company and Transnation Title Insurance Company, subsidiaries of Reliance Group Holdings, Inc. would reduce competition in title plant services --underwriting title insurance in the real estate industry. The consent order requires the divestiture of the title plants of Lawyers Title or those of Reliance Group to an acquirer approved by the Commission within six months.

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
9710115
Docket Number
C-3808

CUC International Inc. and HFS Incorporated, In the Matter of

CUC International settled allegations that its proposed acquisition of HFS, Inc. would create a virtual monopoly in the worldwide market for full-service timeshare exchange services. CUC operates more than 20 membership-based consumer services companies, while HFS subsidiary, Resort Conduminiums International, is the world's largest provider of timeshare vacation exchanges.  Timeshare owners rely on exchange services to process exchanges. The consent order requires divestiture of CUC's interval timeshare business to Interval Acquisition Corporation, a new entrant. Should this divestiture not take place, the consent order requires CUC to divest either Interval or HFS' Resort Condominiums International.

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
9710087
Docket Number
C-3805

Loewen Group, The, Inc., and Loewen Group International, Inc.

Two separate consent orders settle antitrust concerns stemming from acquisitions by the Loewen Group of certain funeral homes and cemeteries that substantially reduced competition in Brownsville and Harlingen/San Benito, Texas, and in Castlewood, Virgina.  The orders require Loewen to divest properties in the three local markets to restore competition.

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
9310084
Docket Number
C-3677 and C-3678
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