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The Volkov Law Group

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

Troutman Pepper

Algorithmic Prices and Industry Data Reporting Under the Antitrust Microscope

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Federal and state antitrust enforcers, as well as private plaintiffs, are actively investigating and challenging both the companies using pricing algorithms, and the software vendors or the data analytics firms providing the...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

U.S. DOJ Antitrust Division Uses Wiretaps to Detect and Prosecute Procurement Collusion

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The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) has struck again, this time with the help of a Title III wiretap. ...more

MoginRubin LLP

Algorithmic Price-Setting by Multiple Competitors is a U.S. Antitrust Enforcement Priority

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For the third time in as many months, the U.S. federal antitrust enforcement authorities -- the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice -- have filed a statement of interest in an...more

Frantz Ward LLP

Unlocking the Handcuffs: Department of Justice Obtains Guilty Plea in “No-Poach” Hiring Agreement Case

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The Department of Justice has claimed its first victory in attacking “no-poach” agreements after a Nevada staffing company pled guilty and was sentenced to pay $134,000.  The case arose out of a concerted effort by the...more

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District Court Upholds Criminal Antitrust Charges for Labor Price-Fixing

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The Antitrust Division won a preliminary skirmish against two co-defendants who challenged the criminal indictment against them charging price-fixing in the labor market. District Court Judge Mazzant, in the Eastern District...more

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