A new year, a new administration in the United States, and new cartel enforcement leadership in the United Kingdom have begun. In the United States, first-of-their-kind criminal charges have been brought involving labor and...more
3/2/2021
/ ACPERA ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Bid Rigging ,
Bipartisan Agreement ,
Cartels ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2015 ,
Criminal Antitrust Litigation ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
European Commission ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Fraud ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
National Security ,
Online Gaming ,
Plea Agreements ,
Price-Fixing ,
Procurement Collusion Strike Force ,
Retaliation ,
Secretary of Labor ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
State Attorneys General ,
Trump Administration ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
Despite the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the work of antitrust enforcers has continued largely uninterrupted in the second half of 2020. The Department of Justice Antitrust Division (the “Division”) has announced...more
11/3/2020
/ Bid Rigging ,
Confidential Information ,
Criminal Antitrust Litigation ,
Cross-Border ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
DPA ,
FBI ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Market Allocation Scheme ,
Price-Fixing
The following is an excerpt from “Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: Recent Developments in Criminal Antitrust for Busy Corporate Counsel ? 2nd Quarter 2020.”
Division Continues Increased Focus on Procurement Collusion, Presents...more
Below we summarize significant cartel enforcement developments from U.S. and other antitrust enforcers in recent months, including: the Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s (the “Division”) review of its International...more
11/1/2019
/ Antitrust Division ,
Australia ,
Cartels ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Antitrust Litigation ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Indonesia ,
Japan ,
Mergers ,
New Zealand ,
Portugal ,
Price-Fixing