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Podcast - The Latest on Antitrust and Non-Compete Agreements in Healthcare
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Everything Compliance - The Elon Etc Edition
The Latest on Antitrust Compliance
Episode 219 -- DOJ Indicts Six Aerospace Executives for Restraining Competition in Labor Market
Nota Bene Podcast Episode 134: U.S. Q3 Check In: Infrastructure Bill Updates and Big Tech Antitrust with Elizabeth Frazee and Chani Wiggins
Healthcare Antitrust Enforcement Outlook with Former DOJ Antitrust Prosecutor and Strike Force District Leader
What to Expect from the Biden Administration
Compliance Perspectives: The Antitrust Division’s Office of Decree Enforcement
Nota Bene Episode 68: The Current Antitrust Enforcement Climate in the United States with Capitol Forum Senior Editor Nate Soderstrom
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 15 days from receipt of its June 21 warning letter to elaborate on corrective actions to address violations of federal requirements...more
UNDERSTANDING CONSTRUCTION RISK ON INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS - Private investment in infrastructure, especially renewable energy projects, is surging across the globe. In fact, total new investment in renewable energy hit...more
Since the last edition of the QCC, there has been a series of dramatic developments in the criminal antitrust enforcement space in the U.S. from the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (Division)....more
A review of President Biden’s proposed Budget (“Budget”) for 2023 spotlights the enforcement priorities of the president’s Justice Department as the administration enters its third year. ...more
On March 29, 2022, global container handling equipment providers [Cargotec and Konecranes] abandoned their proposed $5 billion merger after the United Kingdom Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the U.S. Department of...more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more
2021 M&A smashed U.S. and global records. The year saw the arrival of a new U.S. administration, the release of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as continued questions regarding the impact of the pandemic, including the year-end...more
President Biden recently issued an executive order affirming his administration’s policy of enforcing the antitrust laws to “combat the excessive consolidation of industry” and cited healthcare markets as one of several...more
Like other players in the healthcare industry, physician groups are facing increased antitrust scrutiny from the Biden administration, with the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) and Department of Justice, Antitrust...more
On May 28, 2021, President Biden submitted his Budget for Fiscal Year 2022 to Congress, including $35.3 billion for the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), which was an overall increase of almost $4 billion from the previous...more
A new year, a new administration in the United States, and new cartel enforcement leadership in the United Kingdom have begun. In the United States, first-of-their-kind criminal charges have been brought involving labor and...more
The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently announced its first-ever criminal wage-fixing prosecution. The DOJ likely intends this case to be a wake-up call to companies, executives, and HR...more
Adverse economic or social conditions have not historically tended to affect the general application and enforcement of antitrust rules. This remains the overall position in the circumstances of Covid-19, with many antitrust...more
On October 20, 2020, TransPerfect Legal Solutions (TLS) hosted an inaugural conference on recent developments in antitrust clearance and merger enforcement proceedings. This article is the second of a three-part series...more
We recently reported several milestones and accomplishments from the inaugural year of the Antitrust Division’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force. To kick off its second year, the Strike Force has now formally announced a...more
U.S. antitrust agencies have jointly announced that they are encouraging certain competitor collaborations in response to the COVID-19 epidemic, and that—although antitrust laws remain in force—the agencies will provide...more
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) committed to issuing expedited “Business Review Letters” (BRLs) to provide requested guidance concerning permissible types of...more
The Department of Justice Antitrust Division has advised several pharmaceutical companies that they can share competitive information regarding the status of their respective efforts to develop a COVID-19 treatment without...more
The Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s business review process provides companies an opportunity to ask the Division whether it would intend to pursue enforcement action with respect to specifically described business...more
In response to the current pandemic, antitrust enforcers at the Department of Justice have been issuing business review letters at record pace. One of these business review letters addressed an inquiry from the pork industry...more
In a warning to businesses, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC,” collectively the “Agencies”) issued a joint statement announcing their continuing vigilance...more
DOJ is open to companies collaborating outside of the presence of government to find creative solutions to combat COVID-19 as long as they commit to adequate antitrust safeguards...more
On April 4, 2020, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice issued its first Business Review Letter under the DOJ-FTC joint expedited COVID-19 competitor collaboration review procedures, blessing several medical...more
On April 13, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (collectively, the agencies) issued their Joint Antitrust Statement Regarding COVID-19 and Competition In Labor Markets (Joint...more
Businesses in various industries, particularly healthcare, are considering ways to work together in responding to the crisis caused by COVID-19 in the United States. Although cooperative efforts among competitors merit...more