On May 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (DOJ) announced it is “upping [its] game” on health care enforcement through the Task Force on Health Care Monopolies and Collusion (HCMC). The most recent...more
5/17/2024
/ Antitrust Division ,
Collusion ,
Competition ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Technology Companies ,
Monopolization ,
Pharmaceutical Industry
As part of its whole-of-government effort to enforce the antitrust laws, the Biden administration recently launched a new interagency Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing (Strike Force), which will be co-chaired by the...more
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) efforts to revive the depression-era Robinson-Patman Act, which forbids price discrimination, certain types of rebates, and commercial bribery by distributors, will enter a new, more...more
After decades of dormancy, enforcement of the Robinson-Patman Act may be making a comeback. In his first public remarks as an FTC Commissioner regarding his views on antitrust enforcement, Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya called...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
Below, we summarize significant cartel enforcement developments from U.S. and other antitrust enforcers in recent months, including the significant change to longstanding policy by the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust...more
7/31/2019
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Bid Rigging ,
Cartels ,
Competition Authorities ,
Compliance ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fraud ,
Libor ,
New Guidance ,
Whistleblowers
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
1/30/2018
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
China ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Italy ,
Nigeria ,
Oil & Gas ,
Singapore ,
UK
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
9/25/2017
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Austria ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
Canada ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Financial Reporting ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Korea ,
Money Laundering ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Spain ,
UK ,
Ukraine
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
3/3/2017
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
Chile ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Energy Sector ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Hedge Funds ,
India ,
Medical Devices ,
Rolls-Royce ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Texas ,
Transparency ,
Transparency International ,
UK ,
Venezuela ,
Vietnam ,
White Collar Crimes