In October 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new Mergers & Acquisitions Safe Harbor Policy (“Safe Harbor Policy”) designed to encourage acquiring companies to voluntarily disclose criminal misconduct...more
6/20/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Foreign Entities ,
Mergers ,
Multinationals ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Safe Harbors ,
Sherman Act ,
Willful Misconduct
...Think your company and its employees are beyond the reach of U.S. authorities? Maybe you don’t have U.S. operations there, or your company isn’t publicly traded on a U.S. stock exchange. Perhaps you don’t directly sell or...more
6/2/2020
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Business Operations ,
Conspiracies ,
Copyright ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Exports ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Imports ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Jurisdiction ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Patents ,
Sherman Act ,
Trademarks
As shown by the recent announcement by the Trump Administration of a Section 232(b) national security review of steel imports, (a type of investigation that has not been used since 2001), there are a number of ways in which...more
5/5/2017
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
False Advertising ,
Imports ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Lanham Act ,
National Security ,
Price-Fixing ,
Section 232 ,
Section 337 ,
Steel Industry ,
Tariff Act of 1930 ,
Trade Remedies ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trump Administration ,
Unfair Competition ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices