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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 16', '§ 16', '§16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16']

United States' Certificate of Compliance with the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act : U.S. v. Northrop Grumman Corporation and TRW Inc.
Washington, DC 20530-2199
v. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION, 1840 Century Park East
and TRW INC.,
Cleveland, OH 44124-2760,
UNITED STATES' CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE WITH
The United States of America hereby certifies that it has complied with the provisions of
the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act, 15 U.S.C. § 16(b)-(h) ("APPA"), and states:
1.	The Complaint, proposed Final Judgment, and Stipulation and Order, by which
the parties have agreed to the Court's entry of the Final Judgment following compliance with the APPA, were filed on December 11, 2002. The United States filed its Competitive Impact
Statement on December 23, 2002. 2.	Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 16(b), the proposed Final Judgment, Stipulation and
Order, and Competitive Impact Statement were published in the Federal Register on January 14, 2003 (68 Fed. Reg. 1861). A copy of the Federal Register notice is attached hereto as Exhibit 1. (pdf)
3.	Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. §16(b), the United States furnished copies of the
Complaint, Stipulation and Order, proposed Final Judgment, and Competitive Impact Statement
to anyone requesting them.
4.	Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 16(c), a summary of the terms of the proposed Final
Judgment, Hold Separate Stipulation and Order, and Competitive Impact Statement was
published in The Washington Post, a newspaper of general circulation in the District of Columbia, during a seven-day period in January 2003 (January 10 - January 16). A copy of the Proof of Publication from The Washington Post is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.
5.	On December 23, 2002, defendants filed with this Court declarations that describe
their communications with employees of the United States concerning the proposed Final
Judgment, as required by 15 U.S.C. § 16(g). 6.	The sixty-day public comment period specified in 15 U.S.C. § 16(b) began on
January 14, 2003 and ended on March 17, 2003. During that period, the United States received
four comments on the proposed settlement. The United States evaluated and responded to each
comment, and published the comments and its responses in the Federal Register, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. §§ 16 (b) and (d). 68 Fed. Reg. 28,264). Copies of the comments and the United States's responses are attached hereto as Exhibits 3 - 6, and they are summarized below.
The Complaint and Proposed Final Judgment
The Complaint in this case alleged that the acquisition of TRW, one of the few
companies able to act as prime contractor for United States reconnaissance satellite
programs that use radar, electro-optical, and infrared payloads, by Northrop, one of the
only two suppliers of such payloads for those programs, would lessen competition by
giving Northrop the incentive and ability to favor its own payloads and/or prime
contractor capabilities to the detriment or foreclosure of competitors. The proposed Final
Judgment remedies this impact on competition by requiring that Northrop keep its
payload and prime contractor businesses separate, and make its payloads and prime
contractor capabilities available to competitors on a non-discriminatory basis. The
United States consented to such behavioral remedies, rather than requiring structural
relief, in order to permit the United States Government to realize certain benefits from the
proposed transaction. To help ensure that Northrop honors its obligations to operate in a
non-discriminatory manner, the Final Judgment establishes that Northrop's activities will