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Merger Enforcement Actions
| FISCAL Year | Part 2 Consents | Federal Injunctions | Part 3 Admin. Complaints | Abandoned/ Fix-it-first/ Restructured | Total Merger Enforce. Actions | Civil Penalty Actions: Section 7 A | Civil Penalty Actions: Order Violations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 4 | * | 10 | 16 | - | - |
| 2022 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 2 | - |
| 2021 | 5 | 6 | - | 7 | 18 | 1 | - |
| 2020 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 28 | - | 1 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2 | * | 9 | 21 | 3 | - |
| 2018 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 22 | - | 1 |
| 2017 | 15 | 2 | * | 6 | 23 | 3 | - |
| 2016 | 16 | 5 | * | 1 | 22 | 2 | - |
| 2015 | 17 | 3 | * | 3 | 23 | 2 | - |
| 2014 | 13 | 1 | * | 3 | 17 | 1 | - |
| 2013 | 16 | 5 | * | 2 | 23 | 2 | - |
| 2012 | 15 | 3 | * | 7 | 25 | 2 | - |
| 2011 | 9 | 3 | * | 6 | 18+ | - | - |
| 2010 | 18 | - | 1 | 3 | 22 | - | - |
| 2009 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 1 | - |
| 2007 | 14 | 3 | * | 5 | 22 | 1 | - |
| 2006 | 9 | - | - | 7 | 16 | - | - |
| 2005 | 9 | 1 | - | 4 | 14 | 1 | - |
| 2004 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 21 | - | - |
| 2002 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 1 | - |
| 2001 | 18 | 1 | - | 4 | 23 | - | 1 |
| 2000 | 18 | 5 | - | 9 | 32 | - | - |
| 1999 | 19 | - | - | 12 | 31 | 2 | - |
| 1998 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 1 | 3 |
| 1997 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 2 |
| 1996 | 20 | 3 | * | 2 | 25 | 4 | - |
| Total | 336 | 61 | 11 | 128 | 536 | 31 | 10 |
Important notes about the data
- The fiscal year runs from October 1 of the previous calendar year through September 30 of the year.
- Information on the individual transactions listed under the category of "Abandoned/ Fix-it-first / Restructured" transactions is nonpublic.
- An asterisk (* ) in the "Part 3 Administrative Complaints" column means that all Part 3 Administrative Complaints for that year were accompanied by an Authorization to seek a Preliminary or Permanent Injunction in federal court. To avoid double counting, only the federal court proceeding is counted in this table.
- +This is a correction to the results previously reported. In FY2011, an additional abandoned, restructured or fix-it-first enforcement was identified after Fiscal Year closure.
Nonmerger Enforcement Actions
| FISCAL Year | Part 2 Consents | Federal Injunctions | Part 3 Admin. Complaints | Total Nonmerger Enforcement Actions | Order Violations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 2 | - | 7 | - |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | - |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| 2019 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| 2018 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | - |
| 2017 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | - |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | - |
| 2014 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | - |
| 2013 | 4 | - | - | 4 | - |
| 2012 | 3 | - | 1 | 4 | - |
| 2011 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 5 | - | 2 | 7 | - |
| 2009 | 6 | 1 | - | 7 | - |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | - |
| 2007 | 9 | - | 2 | 11 | - |
| 2006 | 5 | 1 | - | 6 | - |
| 2005 | 4 | - | - | 4 | - |
| 2004 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | - |
| 2003 | 16 | - | 7 | 23 | - |
| 2002 | 8 | - | 1 | 9 | - |
| 2001 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | - |
| 2000 | 8 | - | 1 | 9 | - |
| 1999 | 4 | 1 | - | 5 | - |
| 1998 | 10 | - | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - |
| 1996 | 5 | - | 1 | 6 | - |
| Total | 121 | 15 | 26 | 162 | 2 |
Important notes about the data
- The fiscal year runs from October 1 of the previous calendar year through September 30 of the year.