In the final days of the Biden administration and on the eve of significant agency turnover, the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a new set of guidelines addressing...more
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and US Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Antitrust Division have announced the withdrawal of the Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors (the Collaboration Guidelines). While...more
The US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division recently stated that antitrust compliance programs must include training for human resources professionals on issues such as wage-fixing and no-poach agreements in order to be...more
The joint statement recognizes that while the COVID-19 pandemic offers businesses an opportunity for procompetitive collaboration and benefits, it also increases significant risk of anticompetitive conduct in the labor...more
Welcome to the third issue of the Morgan Lewis Pharma Review, which summarizes key recent cases from the Federal Circuit and district courts that impact the pharma space, including Federal Circuit and district court decisions...more
At $3.6 billion, worldwide cartel fines in 2018 decreased by 17%, down from $4.2 billion in 2017, even though antitrust enforcers around the world continued to impose significant penalties.
These developments—as well as...more