DIA Celebrities
This DIA celebrity, who sometimes struggles with the 'reply all' button, is fluent in Spanish, conversational and advanced writing- Italian, working proficiency in French
Who is Christian Juarez?
Who was the first Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division?
William A. Day, who took office in 1903
Just like planets circle around the sun, this type of motor is the subject of a settlement negotiation in the Danfoss/Eaton merger.
What is an orbital motor?
In CFC years past, our events involved a game of guess that song, where former Division paralegal Jake Sheehy played popular songs on this instrument for the section. Earn a bonus point if you can name one of the songs he played last year.
What is the violin?
As determined by a nugget eating contest where they ate about 45 McNuggets, this person is the biggest McDonald’s lover in the section.
Who is Becky Valentine?
The sponsor of one of our primary merger statutes, sometimes known as Section 7, was born in this town that bears his name.
Clayton, Alabama
This DIA matter has had the joy of receiving the majority of its Second Request productions in multiple foreign languages. What is this matter? Bonus point if you can name 3 of the languages contained in the productions.
Tupy/Teksid;
Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, German
Last year during a paralegal appreciation celebration, the section paralegals famously ‘iced’ this DIA manager?
Jay and David
This DIA celebrity is a fan of early 2000’s rap and can often be found listening to Gucci Mane on their drive into LSB.
Who is Lowell Stern?
What is the largest negotiated merger divestiture the Division has secured?
Bayer/Monsanto in 2018, valued at approximately $9 billion
In this recent DIA Matter, the team conducted an interview with a relevant competitor who was also a failed gubernatorial candidate in 2018. Name this matter; Bonus point if you can name the failed politician and what state in which they ran?
Waste Management; Scott Wagner, 2018 Candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania
If you explore DIA’s office in LSB, you’ll see a number of our office doors are adorned with copies of a certain letter, highlighted and held up with scotch tape. Who was the author of this celebrated letter?
John Read; the letter was written in Novelis.
This DIA celebrity is first cousins with Actor Edward Norton.
Who is Katrina Rouse?
Peter Rodino, once an obscure congressman from Newark, New Jersey, is known—in addition, of course, to sponsoring the Hart–Scott–Rodino Act—for chairing these famous hearings involving a U.S. president.
What are the Watergate impeachment hearings that led President Nixon to resign?
Excluding last year’s arbitration in Novelis, this matter was the last case litigated by the section.
What is Parker-Hanifan/Clarcor in 2017? (We filed a contested complaint, but never got past preliminary hearings.)
It’s Saturday morning and Lowell wants cookies. Where is Lowell?
Randolph's in Arlington
Fred Parmenter, prior to speaking to the National Association of Attorneys General in Columbus, Ohio, met this famous rock group at a Starbucks. He sat and talked to them for about 30 minutes without having a clue about who he was talking too. When they had to leave, the group introduced themselves to Fred. Fred then noticed a large group of people had gathered to listen and there was a tour bus out front.
Who are The B-52s?
John Sherman, the namesake of the Sherman Act, held four prominent positions in the federal government. Name three of them.
Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of State, U.S. Senator (Ohio), U.S. Representative (Ohio)
This criminal investigation links the three most recent assistant chiefs in DIA.
Tour Busses. David worked on the original civil (merger) investigation, Jay was partially involved during his criminal detail (investigation into obstruction during the civil investigation), and Doha represented an individual.
It’s holiday time, and Lauren and Fred are encouraging you to donate to the Coordinated Federal Campaign. You’ve already donated through participating in the raffle to help us meet our section goal, but now you want to make your own individual contribution. What is the section’s fundraising goal for this year? Bonus point if you can name the website through which you can donate individually.
What is $300; https://givecfc.org