On Feb. 3, 2023, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) announced that it has withdrawn what it considers to be “outdated” joint Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and DOJ guidance, including the 1996 Statements of...more
On Feb. 2, 2023, Doha Mekki, a senior leader of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, announced wholesale changes to the Antitrust Division’s review of companies’ information-sharing practices. The Antitrust...more
On Jan. 25, 2023, the White House announced President Joe Biden’s Blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights and several related initiatives “to increase fairness in the rental market and further principles of fair housing.” The...more
On Dec. 9, 2022, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) signed a memorandum of understanding...more
Last month, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in United States ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc., a case presenting the question whether the federal government forfeits the authority to dismiss False...more
On April 4, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division announced significant changes to its flagship leniency program. Largely unchanged since 1993, the leniency program allows any member of a cartel, whether...more
Last week, the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued an opinion clarifying the distinction between two distinct, but often closely related concepts: Article III standing and the more prudential doctrine known as...more
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division previewed on March 2, 2022, a potentially dramatic shift in its enforcement of Section 2 of the Sherman Act, which prohibits monopolization, attempted monopolization and...more
On July 9, 2021 President Biden signed a sweeping executive order aimed at promoting competition in the United States by calling on federal agencies to promptly address what the administration views as “some of the most...more
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision recently in Olean Wholesale Grocery Cooperative, Inc. v. Bumble Bee Foods LLC (“Olean Wholesale”), confirming that district courts must rigorously examine competing...more
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) President and CEO Robert Cook spoke earlier this month at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, where he outlined several proposals to further what he called one...more
It is no secret that top Department of Justice officials in Washington may occasionally be at odds with local prosecutors over charging or investigatory decisions made in U.S. Attorney offices around the country. Indeed, DOJ...more