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DOJ Antitrust Division Secures First Win in Criminal Wage-Fixing Case

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On April 14, 2025, a federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada convicted the operator of a home healthcare staffing agency of a criminal violation of the federal antitrust laws. ...more

WilmerHale

DOJ Obtains First Wage-Fixing Trial Conviction

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In April 2025, a Nevada federal jury convicted Eduardo Lopez, a home healthcare staffing executive, for fixing the wages of home health nurses. The conviction marks the Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s (DOJ) first...more

McGuireWoods LLP

DOJ Gets First Guilty Verdict for Labor Market Collusion, A Caution to Employers

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On April 14, 2025, after a three-week trial, a federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada returned a guilty verdict on all six counts for Eduardo Lopez, a home healthcare staffing executive. Lopez was...more

Vedder Price

DOJ Notches First Trial Win in Wage-Fixing Case

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On Monday, April 14, 2025, a federal jury convicted Eduardo “Eddie” Lopez of conspiring to fix the wages for home healthcare nurses in Las Vegas and for fraudulently failing to disclose the criminal antitrust investigation...more

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints

DOJ Antitrust Division Announces Indictment Against Health Care Staffing Executive For Nurse Wage-Fixing

On March 16, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“DOJ Antitrust Division”) announced that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a former health care staffing executive of fixing wages for nurses....more

Williams Mullen

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

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Wage Fixing Indictments Show Dangers of Discussing Labor Issues With Competitors

Last week, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against a Nevada temporary staffing agency and manager who allegedly conspired with a competitor to fix wages for temporary nurses assigned to a public school district....more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Antitrust Authorities Focused On Employer Collusion In Labor Markets: DOJ Antitrust Division Brings Another Criminal No-Poach,...

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The Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division has brought its third criminal antitrust case involving labor markets — this time against a healthcare staffing company and its former manager for allegedly agreeing not...more

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