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“There are Cops on the Beat”: DOJ’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force Leader Emphasizes Criminal Antitrust as Top Enforcement...

On September 14, 2023, Daniel W. Glad — Director of the Procurement Collusion Strike Force (“Strike Force”) for the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division — gave remarks as the keynote speaker for the Virginia Bar...more

Trial Court Rejects DOJ Antitrust Division’s No-Poach Legal Theory and Acquits Defendants

On April 28, 2023, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division suffered another setback to its expanded criminal prosecution of no-poach agreements. The trial court in United States v. Patel, et al., granted a motion to...more

DOJ Antitrust Division Announces Increased Scrutiny of Information Sharing

On Feb. 2, 2023, Doha Mekki, a senior leader of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, announced wholesale changes to the Antitrust Division’s review of companies’ information-sharing practices. The Antitrust...more

DOJ Secures Guilty Plea in First Section 2 Prosecution in Decades

On Oct. 31, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) announced that it brought criminal attempted monopolization charges under Section 2 of the Sherman Act, resulting in a guilty plea. Section 2, which...more

DOJ and NLRB Announce New Partnership to Enhance Enforcement in Labor Markets

On July 26, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) signed a joint memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the goal of “promoting the free flow of commerce...more

DOJ Antitrust Division Adds Promptness Requirement to Leniency Program

On April 4, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division announced significant changes to its flagship leniency program. Largely unchanged since 1993, the leniency program allows any member of a cartel, whether...more

DOJ Signals Intent to Bring Criminal Charges for Monopolization

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division previewed on March 2, 2022, a potentially dramatic shift in its enforcement of Section 2 of the Sherman Act, which prohibits monopolization, attempted monopolization and...more

DOJ, FTC Warn Against Employment Collusion That Harms COVID-19 Front-Line Workers

On April 13, 2020, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Competition of the Federal Trade Commission issued a joint statement warning they are closely monitoring employer collusion....more

Businesses Get Faster Antitrust Help, But DOJ, FTC Warn Against Using Crisis To Curb Competition

On March 24, 2020, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Competition of the Federal Trade Commission issued a joint statement acknowledging that individuals and businesses are quickly working...more

DOJ Launches Interagency Antitrust Procurement “Strike Force”

On Nov. 5, 2019, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division — in coordination with 13 U.S. Attorney’s offices, the FBI, the Defense Criminal Investigative Service and multiple Inspectors General — announced the formation of...more

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