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Updating Your Risk Profile to Respond to the New Trump Administration

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We live in a topsy-turvy world.  This is an exaggeration but sets up my points in this blog post. We are now seeing the shuffling of corporate risks and every board, C-Suite and legal, compliance and risk management team has...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Corporate Compliance Programs: Updated DOJ Guidance in Antitrust Investigations

The Department of Justice (Department or DOJ) considers the “adequacy and effectiveness of [a] corporation’s compliance program” as a factor in “conducting an investigation of a corporation, determining whether to bring...more

TransPerfect Legal

Navigating the New Frontier: How Redefined Competition Analysis is Reshaping Second Requests

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At TransPerfect Legal's fifth annual Antitrust Clearance and Merger Enforcement Conference (ACME), hosted by the TransPerfect Legal Antitrust Practice Group, industry experts gathered to discuss evolving regulatory changes....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

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’s Antitrust Division Says Compliance Programs Must be Updated to Address Changing Technology

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In November 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“Antitrust Division” or “Division”) updated its guidance on how it will evaluate Corporate Compliance Programs when conducting criminal antitrust...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Ten Things to Know About the Antitrust Division’s Updated Compliance Guidance

Earlier this week, the Antitrust Division updated its compliance guidance. The Division first issued guidance on its evaluation of corporate compliance programs in July 2019. This week’s updates follow multiple updates to the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

FTC and DOJ Issue Final Merger Guidelines That Expand Reviews and Limit Combinations

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After "an extensive public consultation process" since late July 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division on Dec. 18, 2023, jointly announced the release of final Merger...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] Corporate Compliance Enforcement Conference - July 25th, 9:00 am - 4:45 pm CT

Is Your Compliance Program Designed for the Current Enforcement Landscape? Data protection, anti-corruption, antitrust, supply chains, economic sanctions and even the software employees use to communicate are all subjects...more

McDermott Will & Emery

DOJ Prosecutes Attempted Collusion Among Business Competitors for First Time in Decades

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On October 31, 2022, the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division (Division) made good on its intention earlier this year to revitalize efforts surrounding criminal enforcement of Section 2 of the Sherman Act when...more

The Volkov Law Group

CCOs and Criminal Cartel Compliance Programs (Part II of III)

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Chief compliance officers have plenty of things to do and risks to manage.  CCOs have a unique remit and a set of skills that should be applied whenever needed.  While I am not trying to increase CCO workload (and forgive me...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Webinar] Antitrust Compliance 2.0: Tackling the Toughest Parts of the DOJ Compliance Program Guidance - March 18th, 12:00 pm -...

Learning Objectives: - Examine in detail the latest U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division compliance guidance - Understand the DOJ’s expectations with respect to risk assessments, auditing and monitoring,...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

How Antitrust and Unfair Competition Laws Affect Platform Providers’ Relationships With ISVs, API Developers, and Scrapers

A wide variety of business and consumer platforms host mutually beneficial ecosystems. But these ecosystems are also fraught with antitrust risk that arises when platforms try to terminate or modify the terms of third-party...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

No-Poach Prosecutions: A Growing Problem for Private Equity?

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Buyout firms and portfolio companies should take note of heightened scrutiny of HR and employment practices by antitrust enforcers, both in the US and in Europe. No-poach and wage-fixing agreements — arrangements between...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

DOJ Antitrust Division Announces New Policy to Incentivize Corporate Compliance

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The Department of Justice Antitrust Division will now consider a target company’s antitrust compliance program when determining how to resolve criminal matters. This represents a fundamental shift in the Antitrust Division’s...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Antitrust Compliance Programs: Part 2 – Elements of an Effective Compliance Program (Elements 1-4)

As the third in a triumvirate of releases on compliance programs, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, in July the released its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Investigations...more

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Justice Department Offers New Antitrust Guidance With Lessons for Nonprofits, Associations, and Other Member-Owned and Operated...

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When was the last time your organization reviewed its antitrust compliance program? The Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice announced a new policy to incentivize corporate antitrust compliance programs, which...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

DOJ's Antitrust Division Announces New Policy Incentivizing Qualified Corporate Antitrust Compliance Programs

On July 11, 2019, Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new policy to incentivize corporate antitrust compliance. The DOJ will, for the first time, formally consider...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Corporate Law & Governance Update - June 2018

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Executive Compensation Recoupment - The most recent development in the prominent University of Louisville Foundation controversy is the release of an independent analysis suggesting that its senior executive leadership was...more

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