With regulatory scrutiny by governments on the rise, this LawFlash summarizes key antitrust issues for companies in all industries affected by tariffs.
History shows that cartels tend to form in times of rapid economic...more
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
1/23/2025
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The US Department of Justice Antitrust Division has updated its guidelines for the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Investigations (AT ECCP). The AT ECCP updates include several important...more
The US Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) recently filed a Statement of Interest (Statement) to highlight its view that (1) information sharing alone, without any agreement to fix prices, can violate US antitrust...more
Hotly contested across party lines—and often borders—environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards were the focus of recent dueling reports by the US House Judiciary Committee. Despite the deepening debate, what...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 Office of the Maryland Attorney General recently announced that the state is actively investigating resale price maintenance (RPM) violations under Maryland’s state antitrust law. Maryland’s investigations are notable as...more
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division is withdrawing three enforcement policy statements that provided important guidance on the exchange of competitively sensitive information through third parties. The...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued long-awaited guidance regarding its interpretation of the scope of Section 5 of the FTC Act on November 10, 2022. The updated guidance expands what the FTC may consider to be “unfair”...more
As highlighted previously, three federal banking agencies (the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency) recently issued proposed risk management...more
9/10/2021
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