Competition Mission
Injunctions
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Title |
Number |
Action Date |
Type of Matter |
Product/Service |
| 971 0066 | 7/29/97 | Horizontal Merger | Medical Equipment Rentals | |
| 971 0008 | 6/30/97 | Horizontal Merger | Office Supplies |
Mediq Incorporated; Universal Hospital Services, Inc.
Mediq abandoned its proposed $100 million acquisition of Universal after the Commission filed a complaint and motion for a preliminary injunction to block the merger of the Nation's two largest firms engaged in the rental to hospitals of movable medical equipment, such as respiratory, infusion, and monitoring devices. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleged that the merger would create a monopoly that would raise the rental prices of movable medical equipment rental in many major metropolitan areas across the Nation.
Staples, Inc.; Office Depot, Inc.
Staples abandoned plans to acquire Office Depot after the Commission won a preliminary injunction against the merger in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The complaint alleged that the merger of two of the three largest office supply superstores in the country would have allowed the combined firm to control prices for the sale of office supplies in over 40 major metropolitan areas throughout the United States. The Commission argued that the merger would violate federal antitrust laws by substantially reducing competition in the sale of office supplies by superstores in various local markets throughout the country where each firm directly competes against the other.
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