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Federal Investigators Continue Their Focus on Procurement

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A flurry of federal prosecutorial activity in late 2024, as well as a statement from several institutional stakeholders in a key federal initiative to combat procurement fraud, provided a valuable reminder for government...more

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2024 Antitrust & Competition Year in Review and Trends for 2025

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The past year marked the culmination of the Biden antitrust era. Under assertive leadership, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) adopted a more aggressive...more

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What to Expect from Antitrust Enforcement in a Second Trump Administration

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What will antitrust enforcement look like under a second Trump presidency? While much remains uncertain, particularly regarding key appointments to the enforcement agencies, historical trends and policy priorities offer...more

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DOJ Antitrust Division’s Latest Compliance Guidance: Now Covering Civil Implications, Whistleblowing, Ephemeral Messaging, and AI

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The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division recently updated its guidance explaining how it currently evaluates, and will evaluate going forward, companies’ antitrust compliance programs when making criminal...more

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DOJ’s Updated Antitrust Compliance Guidance Focuses on AI, Ephemeral Messaging, and Whistleblower Protections

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ)'s Antitrust Division recently updated its guidance on the evaluation of corporate compliance programs for criminal antitrust violations (the Antitrust ECCP), which federal prosecutors use to...more

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DOJ Antitrust Division Issues Updated Guidance on Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs

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In recently released updated guidance, the Antitrust Division (“Antitrust Division”) of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) outlined how its prosecutors will assess corporate compliance programs when conducting criminal...more

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DOJ Antitrust Division Compliance Guidance Addresses Evolving Technology and Criminal Division Priorities

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On Nov. 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division released updated guidance on the “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Investigations.” The guidance highlights several new...more

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Antitrust Division Indicts Company, Executive and Employee for $100 Million Price-Fixing Conspiracy

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DOJ’s Antitrust Division has been relatively quiet in prosecuting criminal cartel or bid-rigging cases.  Since 2015, the Antitrust Division’s criminal enforcement has fallen from the billions in penalties each year to the...more

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California DOJ to Ramp Up Criminal Antitrust Enforcement

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On March 6, the California Department of Justice’s (California DOJ) Antitrust Chief Paula Blizzard, announced at the American Bar Association’s National Institute on White Collar Crime that her office is planning to...more

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DOJ Gives Up on Its Sole Remaining Criminal No-Poach Prosecution

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Summary - Following a string of unsuccessful prosecutions in the labor space, the DOJ Antitrust Division moved this week to dismiss its last indicted criminal no-poach case, which had been pending against Surgical Care...more

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DOJ Settles Criminal Antitrust Charges with Teva and Glenmark for $305 Million

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The Antitrust Division has been active – like any aggressive prosecution strategy, however, its results have been mixed.  Its record in criminal cases has taken serious hits – a stunning set of losses in the chicken...more

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Antitrust in focus - May 2023

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This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Pieter Huizing, partner based in Amsterdam, is our editor this month (learn more about Pieter in our Q&A feature at...more

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DOJ Suffers Rule 29 Dismissal of Criminal Antirust No-Poach Case in Aerospace Industry

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The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division has suffered setbacks in its precedent-setting criminal prosecution of no-poach agreements in labor markets.  The latest and perhaps most surprising defeat occurred when the...more

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Shift In Health Care Antitrust Prosecutions Is Likely

In December 2022, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General announced a memorandum of understanding memorializing their...more

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What’s Next for Health Care Antitrust in 2023?

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In 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order directing antitrust enforcers to make sure that health care would be an area of emphasis for antitrust enforcement, and in 2022 they did. Federal regulators brought several...more

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After Nearly Fifty Years of Dormancy, Criminal Monopolization Charges Have Returned

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​​​​​​​For nearly 50 years, the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has brought federal criminal charges only for allegations of illegal coordinated behavior among competitors in violation of...more

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DOJ Evolves Its Strategy of Increased Criminalization of Employment Restrictions Under Antitrust Laws

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The Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division recently secured its first criminal conviction for a labor-side violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act after VDA OC LLC (VDA) entered a guilty plea....more

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DOJ Making Good on Section 2 Monopolization Enforcement Promises With Latest Criminal Indictment

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On Tuesday, December 6, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Antitrust Division, announced the unsealing of criminal charges against 12 individuals in the Southern District of Texas as part of an 11-year price fixing and...more

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Antitrust in focus - November 2022

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This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Andrew Fincham, counsel based in London, is our editor this month (learn more about Andrew in our Q&A feature at the...more

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DOJ Makes Good on Promise to Actively Prosecute Interlocking Directorships

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​​​​​​​Back in April 2022, Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Jonathan Kanter hinted very strongly that the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) would be looking at Section 8 violations of the Clayton Act. That...more

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DOJ Snares Two More Guilty Pleas in Ongoing Criminal Investigation of Commercial Flooring Business

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The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division has had a rough year in the criminal arena.  While the Antitrust Division has aggressively blocked several proposed mergers, it has lost several significant criminal cases. ...more

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[Webinar] Consequences of No-Poach Agreements: Civil and Criminal - May 24th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

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The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) has stepped up enforcement over no-poach/no-hire agreements under Federal antitrust laws. The DOJ recently tried two criminal cases against individual officers of...more

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Antitrust Division Enforcement – As Promised and Being Delivered

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The Antitrust Division’s Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter promised a new era in antitrust enforcement.  He won bi-partisan support from both Republicans and Democrats.  Across the antitrust field, he promised...more

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Antitrust in focus - March 2022

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This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Louise Tolley, PSL Counsel based in London, is our editor this month (learn more about Louise in our Q&A feature at...more

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U.S. criminal antitrust enforcement priorities take shape through inter-agency and global coordination

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The DOJ Antitrust Division is amplifying the Biden Administration’s whole-of-government approach to antitrust enforcement by seeking cooperation from enforcers outside the U.S....more

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