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Morrison & Foerster LLP

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: Recent Developments in Criminal Antitrust for Busy Corporate Counsel - Q1 2022

Since the last edition of the QCC, there has been a series of dramatic developments in the criminal antitrust enforcement space in the U.S. from the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (Division)....more

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U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division updates its Leniency Program

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently revised its Antitrust Division Leniency Policy and Procedures and has published updated guidance in the form of FAQs...more

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DOJ Makes Giving Up Harder: Stricter Requirements for Seeking Leniency

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The DOJ Antitrust Division recently announced new requirements for DOJ's Leniency Program, which allows the first individual or company to self-report its involvement in an antitrust conspiracy to avoid prosecution and lessen...more

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DOJ Antitrust Division Announces Updates to Leniency Policy and Plea Agreement Coverage for Individuals

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On April 4, 2022, Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Jonathan Kanter delivered remarks at the 2022 Competition Enforcers Summit with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), announcing changes to the Antitrust Division’s (Division)...more

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DOJ Updates Antitrust Leniency FAQs––Clarifying Some Standards and Raising Questions

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division announced significant guidance updates to its leniency program on April 4, 2022. Under the program, companies that self-report antitrust conspiratorial activity to the...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

DOJ Antitrust Division’s Updates to Long-Standing Leniency Program Trigger Concern

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On April 4, 2022, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division (the “Division”) announced important policy and practice changes to its leniency program (the “Leniency Program”) — the first substantive changes to the...more

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Bundeskartellamt veröffentlicht neue Leitlinien zu Bußgeldberechnung und Kronzeugenprogramm

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Am 11. Oktober 2021 hat das Bundeskartellamt („BKartA“) zentrale Dokumente für seine Kartellverfolgung aktualisiert und eine Neufassung sowohl seiner Bonusregelung vom 07.03.2006 als auch seiner Bußgeldleitlinien vom...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

The Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act: Not In It For The Money

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The recent Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act (CAARA), to be enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”), offers protection from retaliation for antitrust whistleblowers who come forward to...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Congress Passes Whistleblower Protections for Antitrust Division’s Leniency Program

On Tuesday, December 8, the House of Representatives passed S. 2258, the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act, by voice vote, sending the bill to President Donald Trump’s desk. The measure, which unanimously passed the...more

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DOJ Antitrust Division Endorses International Cooperation in Cartel Investigations

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In July 2020, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (Antitrust Division) applauded the International Competition Network (ICN) initiative on cross-border leniency cooperation to fight international price...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

DOJ Reaffirms Commitment To Leniency Initiatives: Antitrust Division Applauds Reauthorization Of ACPERA And New International...

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The U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division reaffirmed its endorsement of leniency initiatives both on the domestic and international front by lauding congressional efforts to reauthorize the Antitrust Criminal...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

DOJ Puts Recipients of Federal Funds on Notice: New “Procurement Collusion Strike Force” to Focus Antitrust Scrutiny on Public...

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The Justice Department announced this week the formation of a new Procurement Collusion Strike Force, which will focus on “deterring, detecting, investigating and prosecuting antitrust crimes, such as bid-rigging conspiracies...more

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Senate Bolsters Protections for Antitrust Whistleblowers

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On October 17, the United States Senate passed S.2258, the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2019 (“CAARA”). If enacted, it would amend the 2004 Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act, which limited...more

International Lawyers Network

New DOJ Antitrust Division Policy Incentivizes Robust Corporate Antitrust Compliance Programs

Last month the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division announced a landmark new policy to incentivize companies to develop robust antitrust compliance programs. For the first time, the Antitrust Division will now consider...more

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New Antitrust Policy Gives Credit to All Cooperators

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On July 11, 2019, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division announced a new policy to encourage companies to invest in comprehensive and effective antitrust compliance programs. The Antitrust Division’s new policy...more

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DOJ Provides Even More Reason to Enhance (Or Create) Corporate Antitrust Compliance Programs

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While the Department of Justice's enforcement and policy priorities change from administration to administration, one priority has not, dating to the Clinton era: The DOJ's Antitrust Division loves to prosecute price-fixing...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Antitrust Compliance Programs: Part 1 – Introduction

As the third in a triumvirate of releases on compliance programs, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, in July, released its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Investigations...more

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Alert: DOJ Unveils New Incentives for Antitrust Compliance Programs

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On July 11, 2019, while addressing an audience at NYU School of Law, Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim announced new United States Department of Justice policies intended to promote robust antitrust compliance...more

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DOJ Changes Criminal Policy to Recognize Antitrust Compliance Programs

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In a major policy shift, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice recently announced that it will now credit companies for effective corporate antitrust compliance programs in making charging decisions and penalty...more

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New DOJ Policy on Corporate Antitrust Compliance Programs Provides Guidance for In-House Counsel and Compliance Officers

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On July 11, the U.S. Department of Justice rolled out a new policy to encourage stronger corporate antitrust compliance efforts. Announced by DOJ Antitrust Division head Makan Delrahim in remarks at the New York University...more

Orrick - Antitrust Watch

DOJ Changes Course and Announces That It Will Favorably Consider “Robust” Antitrust Compliance Programs at Both the Charging and...

Benjamin Franklin once observed that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” In the antitrust context, this means that most, if not all, companies will want as a matter of course to adopt and maintain an antitrust...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ’s Antitrust Division Announces New Policy for Crediting Corporate Compliance Programs (Part I of II)

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In yet another major compliance development, the Justice Department announced the adoption of a new policy to credit effective compliance programs in resolving criminal cartel prosecutions against corporations....more

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New Bill: Expansion for Leniency and Fines under the Japan Anti-Monopoly Act

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The bill to amend the Anti-Monopoly Act (the "AMA"), that includes reform of leniency system, has passed on June 19, 2019. New leniency system will be effective no later than from December 25, 2020....more

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Japan Legal Update - Volume 46 | April 2019

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Japanese Cabinet Submits Bill to Amend Antimonopoly Act to Diet - On March 12, 2019, the Japanese Cabinet approved and submitted to the Diet a bill ("Bill") to amend the Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and...more

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Bill to amend the Japan Anti-Monopoly Act and introduction of Attorney-Client Privilege to the Japan Fair Trade Commission's...

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The Cabinet of Japan submitted a bill (the "Bill") to amend the Anti-Monopoly Act (the "AMA") to the Diet on March 12, 2019. The Bill includes amendments to (i) the method for surcharge calculations, (ii) the leniency system...more

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