Sentence examples for fix the fees from inspiring English sources

In their case against Mr. Taubman, federal prosecutors contended that he conspired with the former chairman of Christie's International to fix the fees charged to auction house clients.

Mr. Taubman, along with Sir Anthony Tennant, the onetime chairman of Christie's, are charged with organizing a scheme to fix the fees charged to about 130,000 customers.

The Justice Department's three-year-old inquiry centers on accusations that the world's most powerful auction houses conspired as far back as 1991 to fix the fees they charge buyers and sellers.

We have fixed the fees for £9,000 for this parliament.

Fixing the fees and exchanging the lists limited the bargaining ability of thousands of people who wanted to sell works at either of the houses, which together dominate the industry with more than 90percentt of the business worldwide.

Parliament also fixed the fees that officers could charge, in an attempt to reduce the expense of a case.

Feudal relief was one way that a king could demand money, and clauses 2 and 3 fixed the fees payable when an heir inherited an estate or when a minor came of age and took possession of his lands.

"Although Congress considered several options for fixing the fee schedule formula for 2003, and the House actually passed a bill to address these issues, no final action was taken before Congress adjourned".

Ms. Brooks pleaded guilty in October to violating federal antitrust laws by colluding with her counterpart at the rival Christie's to fix the commission fees charged to customers.

Citing this point as an important concession, Mr. Fiske argued that it would support the defense contention that Mr. Taubman also did not know about any subsequent discussions to fix the sellers' fees.

A. Alfred Taubman, the former chairman of Sotheby's, pleaded not guilty in Federal District Court in Manhattan yesterday to charges that he and Sir Anthony Tennant, his onetime counterpart at Christie's, colluded to fix the commission fees charged to auction house customers over a six-year period in the 1990's.