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
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) actively enforces the Sherman Act within the U.S. and internationally. Generally described, the Sherman Act is a powerful statutory scheme designed to prohibit anti-competitive...more
...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
Most Section 337 investigations allege violations of intellectual property (“IP”) based rights involving patent, registered trademark, or registered copyright infringement (“statutory IP claims”). In such cases, the...more
7/2/2018
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Cybersecurity ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Domestic Industry Requirement ,
Exclusion Orders ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
False Advertising ,
False Designation of Origin ,
Foreign Manufacturers ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Lanham Act ,
Misappropriation ,
Non-Solicitation Agreements ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Popular ,
Price-Fixing ,
Section 337 ,
Sherman Act ,
Trade Secrets ,
Unfair Competition