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US: DOJ sues to stop merger of two printing companies

By  |  June 20, 2019

The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it had filed a lawsuit aimed at stopping Quad/Graphics Inc from buying LSC Communications, two of the biggest companies that print books, magazines and catalogs.

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    The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division said the two companies were each other’s biggest rivals, citing internal documents that refer to a price war and a “two-horse race between LSC and Quad.”

    The $1.4 billion deal was announced in October 2018.

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