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Reports the lawsuit filed by the United States Justice Department against Boeing Co. and Rockwell International Inc. for concealing fraud by a subcontractor working on the Space Shuttle and Space Station Freedom programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Reports that a possible trial of a massive lawsuit filed against the tobacco industry would begin in January 2003, as announced by United States District Judge Gladys Kessler. Details on the case; Role of the Justice Department; Comments from government lawyers.

Deals with the inquiry of the United States Department of Justice into wether independent counsel Kenneth Starr violated prosecution rules when his investigators first confronted Monica Lewinsky. Details on prosecutors' confrontation with Lewinsky in January 1998; Information on the notes taken by lawyers in the Justice Department and in Starr's office during the investigation of the Paula Jones case.

Details the amended complaint filed by the United States Justice Department against Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. and Quorum Health Group Inc. Allegations against the two hospital chains; Damages sought from Quorum; Medicare overbilling of Quorum.

Reports the dispute of Visa USA and MasterCard International with the Justice Department in federal court in Manhattan over allegations of anticompetitive practices. Details on the dispute; Accusations filed against Visa and MasterCard; Retailers included in the suit.

Reports on June 25, 1997 that the United States Department of Justice has filed suit against Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation alleging that the company threatened the University of Rochester to prevent it from building a competing power plant. Description of the suit; Information on the plant the university was planning to build; Description of an agreement Rochester G&E reached with the university.

Reports that the United States Justice Department has joined a lawsuit which alleges Baker and Taylor Incorporation overcharged public schools, libraries and federal agencies during the past 10 years. Amount of money paid to Baker and Taylor in overcharges; Publicizing of the allegations in the suit filed against the company in 1995; Details on the allegations brought against the company.

Reports that the United States (US) Justice Department is preparing to intensify its investigations into potential criminal charges against Volkswagen AG and former executive Jose Ignacio Lopez de Arriortua. Indictment of Lopez and three of his associates in Germany; Reason for intensity of investigations; Comments from Peter B. Clark, US chief of the Justice Department; Circumstances surrounding investigations.

Opinion. Discusses the settlement made by Archer Daniels Midland Company with the United States' Justice Department, over criminal charges for fixing commodities. Comments made by Joel Klein, the acting antitrust chief of the Justice Department; Information on price-fixing engaged in by corporations.

Reports that the Justice Department has issued a formal request for documents from PepsiCo Inc.'s Frito-Lay unit as part of an antitrust probe, according to an internal company memo. Examination of Frito-Lay sales practices.

Reports on the investigation conducted by the United States Justice Department on Pitt-Des Moines Inc. as part of the probe into potentially criminal bidding activities in the steel-bridge fabrication industry. Subpoena served to the company.

Focuses on the United States Justice Department's involvement in a civil fraud lawsuit brought against the TRW Incorporated, as reported on February 20, 1998. Allegations against TRW Inc.; Description of fraudulent activity which the company participated in; Details on the Justice Department Lawyers' connection with the litigation.

Reports on the antitrust case against Microsoft Corporation by the United States Justice Department. Why competitors of Microsoft will not campaign against it; Listing of companies which plan to fight Microsoft; How some software companies feel about the case.

States that in a meeting with reporters on January 27, 1998 Microsoft Corporation's Chairman, Bill Gates asserted that the portrayal of his company as `defiant' in its dispute with the United States Justice Department is incorrect. Vow by Gates to defend the company's ability to bundle new products into its Windows operating system; Allegations of the Justice Department's lawsuit against the company; Remarks by Gates.

Reports on the guilty plea of DNA Plant Technology Corporation to the charges of the United States Justice Department on January 26, 1998. Significance of the plea to the Justice Department; Charges levied against DNA Industries; Discussion of the investigation of the Justice Department.

Reports on the trial of Microsoft Corporation, accused of illegal work practices by the United States Justice Department. Details on the case; Content of the preliminary order on December 11, 1997, issued by Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson.

Announces that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia was asked by Microsoft Corporation to overturn the appointment of Lawrence Lessig, the special master overseeing the company's legal battle with the United States Justice Department. Reference to the presiding judge rejecting Microsoft's request; Details on the issue.

Reports that the United States Justice Department charged DNA Plant Technology Corporation of Oakland, California, of conspiring with tobacco company, Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation to develop a high nicotine tobacco plant. Allegations of the lawsuit; Fine that DNA faces; Reference to previous litigation involving DNA.

Cites allegations brought against DNA Plant Technology Corporation in California by the Justice Department, of conspiring with Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation to develop tobacco with high nicotine content. What the criminal charge marked for the Justice Department in its three-year investigation of the tobacco industry; How the action could effect tobacco legislation according to lawmakers; Other legal issues being investigated on the companies.

Reports that the Justice Department contended that Microsoft Corporation should follow United States District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's orders and use the simple instructions posted on its own Internet Web site to separate its Windows operating systems and its Internet browser. How Microsoft responded to the court's order; Circumstances relating to the battle between Microsoft and the Justice Department; Remarks by a Microsoft spokesman.

Announces that Microsoft Corporation and the United States' Justice Department, have been ordered to appear on January 13th, 1998 in to argue Microsoft in contempt. Detailed information on the issue; What Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ordered in a hearing; Comments from Microsoft's attorney Brad Smith.

Reports on the decision of the US Court of Appeals in favor of Microsoft Corp. reinstating a 1994 antitrust settlement of the company with the US Justice Department; Comments of various companies and the industry regarding the order; Likely impact of the order on the desktop software industry. INSET: What Microsoft can't do..

Reports on the decision of the Justice Department and Microsoft Corp. to appeal US District Judge Stanley Sporkin's rejection of their antitrust accord. Details on Judge Sporkin's ruling and the appeal; Charges of transgression against Judge Sporkin in the appeal briefs; Novell Inc.'s position on the case.

Reports on US District Judge Stanley Sporkin's rejection of Justice Department's antitrust settlement with Microsoft Corporation. Reaction of Microsoft and the department to the ruling; Past record of Sporkin; Previous rulings by Sporkin.

Reports on agreement by British Petroleum Co. with US Justice Department to settle federal and state claims regarding a 1990 oil spill. The settlement; Information on the spill by the American Trader, chartered by British Petroleum from American Trading & Transportation Company.

Reports on reaction of the Justice Department and Microsoft Corp. to filing of a complaint by three unnamed companies against their settlement of an antitrust investigation of Microsoft. Details about the complaint; Its criticism by Microsoft and the Justice Department.

Reports on an order by a federal judge in California reviewing the antitrust settlement between the US Justice Department and Microsoft Corp., asking both parties to discuss possible amendments in the settlement. Details of the case and the order; More information on the subject.

Reports that Fleet Financial Group Inc. is working toward a settlement with the US Justice Department over alleged excessive fees and interest rates charged to black and Hispanic customers.

Reports on the attack launched to quash a government subpoena by Microsoft Corp. on the Justice Department's antitrust division. Details of the same.

Reports on the antitrust investigation being conducted by the Justice Department, into the Microsoft Corporation. Reasons for the investigation; Blocking of Microsoft's plan on expansion; Previous antitrust motions against the company; Plans of the company.

Reports an order by a San Francisco federal judge asking the Justice Department and Microsoft Corp. not to talk to news media about the former's lawsuit to block the latter's acquisition of Intuit Incorporated.

Reports on filing of appellate briefs by Microsoft Corp. and the Justice Department in preparation for their argument on April 24, 1995, on the proposed antitrust consent decree. Details about the dispute and the two filings; Involvement of other computer industry firms in the case.