The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that crude oil producers XCL Resources Holdings, LLC, Verdun Oil Company II LLC, and EP Energy LLC, will pay a record $5.6m civil penalty to settle allegations they engaged in illegal pre-merger coordination, known as gun jumping, in violation of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act
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