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Judge Rejects Google’s Motion to Dismiss States’ Advertising Antitrust Case

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A suit brought by state attorneys general accusing Google of overseeing a broad scheme of anticompetitive conduct in digital display advertising markets will continue following a Jan. 28, 2025, ruling from the Eastern...more

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Antitrust Corporate Compliance Programs: Late 2024 Changes Mean Companies Should Revisit Their Programs Early in 2025

The US Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ or Division) recently released a revised Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Investigations (Guidance). The Guidance reflects how the Division...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Key Areas to Consider Under the Updated Antitrust Division Corporate Compliance Guidelines

The revised Antitrust Compliance Guidelines expand their scope and provide critical insight into how the Department of Justice (DOJ) evaluates compliance programs—not only as tools to address criminal antitrust violations but...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Information Sharing, Pricing Algorithms, and Antitrust Liability: Where Is the Line?

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Antitrust enforcers and private plaintiffs over the past few years have pursued increasingly aggressive theories of liability based on information exchange and the use of algorithmic pricing and revenue management software....more

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DOJ Releases Updated Antitrust Compliance Program Guidance

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Last week DOJ published an updated version of its guidance on the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Investigations (“Guidance”). These updates refresh the guidance originally issued in 2019,...more

BakerHostetler

Trump 2.0 - What To Expect In Antitrust Enforcement

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In his return to the White House, President-elect Trump inherits an aggressive antitrust enforcement regime from the Biden administration – an enforcement regime that was born and developed in many respects during Trump’s...more

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[Webinar] Competition Crosshairs on the Food and Beverage Industry: DOJ and FTC Priorities in a Changing Administration - November...

Antitrust has taken center stage under the Biden Administration, and the Food and Beverage industry has been one of the main targets of increased enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Department of Justice,...more

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Q3 2024: Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up

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Despite the summer doldrums, cartel enforcers around the world had several notable enforcement actions and, perhaps more importantly, signaled a busy fall and winter. In the United States, the Department of Justice’s...more

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U.S. DOJ Seeks Rare USD3.5 million “Gun Jumping” Penalty For Alleged Pre-Closing Conduct In Violation Of Hart-Scott-Rodino Act

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On August 5, 2024, the United States Department of Justice filed a rare gun jumping civil lawsuit and proposed settlement in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against a global sports and...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

2024 Regulatory, Compliance, and Enforcement Predictions for Life Sciences Companies

The year 2023 was a busy one for regulatory, compliance, and enforcement developments in the healthcare and life sciences industries, and 2024 promises to be even busier. We tapped MoFo’s Life Sciences + Healthcare Compliance...more

Paul Hastings LLP

FTC Petition Highlights Renewed Focus on Price Discrimination Under Long-Ignored Robinson-Patman Act

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News of a recently filed Federal Court petition against Total Wine & More (“Total Wine”) has brought renewed focus on aggressive actions by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) to enforce antitrust laws, even at great expense...more

Holland & Hart LLP

DOJ Ups the Enforcement Ante on Interlocking Directorates

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Over the past year, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division has renewed enforcement efforts against “interlocking directorates” that violate Section 8 of the Clayton Act.  This provision prohibits directors and...more

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U.S. Attorneys’ Offices Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy - Watch Out for The Next Logical Step – Enforcement

It is safe to assume that the United States Attorneys’ Offices Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy announced on March 2, 2023 is intended to decrease wrongdoing and impose rehabilitation and recovery for victims. But...more

Perkins Coie

Three Reasons Companies Need Customized Antitrust Compliance Programs Now

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Antitrust compliance programs that are tailored to a company’s culture, line of business, and competitive conditions have long been worth their weight in gold. But as 2022 draws to a close, a looming economic slowdown and an...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Threats of Antitrust Enforcement in the Supply Chain

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With steep inflation and seemingly constant disruptions in supply chains for all manner of goods, the Biden Administration has turned increasingly to antitrust authorities to tame price increases and stem future bottlenecks....more

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Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security Eyes Enforcement and Voluntary Disclosure Review Policy Changes

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June 23, 2022 Key Takeaways: In two recent speeches, Matthew Axelrod, Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement at the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”), has signaled policy changes related to...more

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[Webinar] Navigating the New Antitrust Enforcers - August 19th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CT

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With Lina Kahn the new chair of the FTC and Jonathan Kanter poised to helm DOJ’s Antitrust Division, are big changes afoot in antitrust enforcement? What role is fellow big tech critic and competition progressive Tim Wu, now...more

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President Signs Executive Order Directing Federal Agencies to Promote Competition and Increase Antitrust Enforcement

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On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14036, “Promoting Competition in the American Economy,” which broadly targets anticompetitive practices and corporate consolidation across many sectors of the U.S....more

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State AGs Seek Federal Funding For Antitrust Enforcement

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The National Association of Attorneys General (“NAAG”) sent a letter to Congress signed by a bipartisan group of 45 AGs calling on legislators to provide funding to support state antitrust enforcement efforts...more

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Healthcare Antitrust Enforcement Outlook with Former DOJ Antitrust Prosecutor and Strike Force District Leader

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A revitalized focus on antitrust in healthcare has increased healthcare companies’ concerns about their compliance status. On this episode of In the Trenches, Brian Stimson, McDermott partner and former Acting General Counsel...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

The Long Arm of American Enforcement: How Companies Without U.S. Operations Can Still Find Themselves Facing U.S. Law and...

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...Think your company and its employees are beyond the reach of U.S. authorities? Maybe you don’t have U.S. operations there, or your company isn’t publicly traded on a U.S. stock exchange. Perhaps you don’t directly sell or...more

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[Webinar] Department of Justice - Antitrust and White-Collar Investigations - What You Should Know - October 23rd, 1:00 pm ET

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BakerHostetler invites you to join us for an upcoming webinar, Department of Justice - Antitrust and White-Collar Investigations - What You Should Know, offering vital insights into antitrust issues and white-collar...more

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