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General Electric

Antitrust Law Violations

Date: 07/14/1998 (Date of Settlement)

Misconduct Type: Antitrust

Enforcement Agency: Justice

Contracting Party: None

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $0

Disposition: Settlement

Synopsis: “In an agreement that will settle an antitrust lawsuit filed in 1996 against GE, the company will remove restrictions it had imposed in software licenses with more than 500 hospitals throughout the country. The restriction prevented the hospitals from competing with GE to service medical equipment at other hospitals and at clinics.”