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DOJ and Postal Service bring first charges – and make first whistleblower payment – under new Whistleblower Rewards Program

On January 29, 2026, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and United States Postal Service announced a $1 million payment to a whistleblower for reporting information about a criminal antitrust violation. The payment is the...more

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DOJ’s first whistleblower payout signals a new era of antitrust enforcement

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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division announced the first monetary award under its new Whistleblower Rewards Program (Program) on January 29, 2026. The DOJ awarded $1 million to an individual whose...more

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DOJ’s Antitrust Whistleblower Rewards Program Pays Early Dividends

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Just over six months after unveiling its Whistleblower Rewards Program (the Program) in July 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ), Antitrust Division has already demonstrated the value of this new tool in identifying...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

DOJ Antitrust Division Awards First Ever Whistleblower Payout

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DOJ rewarded $1 million to a whistleblower for providing information about a criminal antitrust conspiracy....more

Wiley Rein LLP

DOJ Antitrust Whistleblower Rewards Program: First $1 Million Award Signals an Expanding Enforcement Tool, Especially for...

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) have announced the first payment under the Antitrust Division’s Whistleblower Rewards Program: a $1 million award to an individual...more

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Special Delivery: DOJ and USPS Announce First-Ever Payday Under Cartel Whistleblower Program

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The Development: On January 29, 2026, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the U.S. Postal Service ("USPS") Office of the Inspector General announced the first whistleblower award under the Whistleblower Rewards Program. ...more

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DOJ Antitrust Division Announces First-Ever Whistleblower Reward Just Six Months After Launching Rewards Program

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On January 29, 2026, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division (Division), in partnership with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), announced its first-ever whistleblower reward payment, just six months after the Division...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

DOJ Announces First-Ever Antitrust Whistleblower Award — Is Your Compliance Program Ready?

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On January 29, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division announced its first reward under the Division’s new whistleblower program, awarding $1 million to a whistleblower whose report helped uncover a...more

Mogin Law LLP

DOJ Awards Antitrust Whistleblower 1M, the First Under New Program

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In a significant development for antitrust enforcement, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division has issued its first whistleblower reward under the recently established Whistleblower Rewards Program....more

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DOJ Antitrust Division Announces First-Ever Whistleblower Payment

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On January 29, 2026, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division and the US Postal Service (USPS) made their first payment under the new whistleblower program launched just last year. The program offers payments to...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Antitrust Division Awards First $1 Million Whistleblower Payout

On January 29, 2026, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (the “Division”) announced its first-ever monetary award under the Division’s new whistleblower program, a $1 million payment to an individual who provided...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

DOJ’s First Antitrust Whistleblower Payout Signals a New Enforcement Playbook

Only six months after initiation of the program, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division has announced the first criminal charges and accompanying monetary reward resulting from an employee whistleblower through the new...more

A&O Shearman

A cautionary tale: UK CMA given green light to raid home of potentially dishonest director

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The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been granted a warrant to search the home of a managing director who denied using his personal phone for work purposes during a dawn raid at his company’s premises. ...more

McCarter & English Blog: Government Contracts...

Procurement Collusion Strike Force: The State Edition

Connecticut has become an unexpected focal point for bid rigging enforcement in public contracting. Many government contractors still see this risk as a federal problem driven by the Department of Justice and the Procurement...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Subscription Based Telehealth Companies Indicted in Alleged $100 Million Prescription Drug Distribution...

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Subscription Based Telehealth Companies Indicted in Alleged $100 Million Prescription Drug Distribution Scheme - On December 17, Done Global, a San Francisco-based telehealth provider, and Mindful Mental Wellness PA (MMW),...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

An Unusual Partnership: DOJ Antitrust Division Launches Joint Whistleblower Rewards Program with the Postal Service

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On July 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), Antitrust Division (the “Division”) announced a new Whistleblower Rewards Program (the “Program”) in collaboration with two unlikely partners: the United States Postal...more

McCarter & English Blog: Government Contracts...

Rigging the Game? Antitrust Risks in the Public Contracting Arena

Government procurement is essential to modern governance. But when firms rig bids, allocate markets, or otherwise collude, taxpayers pay more, honest competitors are shut out, and trust erodes. In recent months, US agencies...more

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Inside Competition: September 2025

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Inside Competition is designed to help companies identify important legal developments in antitrust and competition law in the United States. ...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up – 2025 Mid-Year Global Review

Domestic and international enforcement agencies continue to sharpen their tools and maintain an aggressive posture in criminal antitrust enforcement. Recent actions by new antitrust leadership in the Department of Justice’s...more

Epstein Becker & Green

DOJ Antitrust Division Establishes Whistleblower Rewards Program

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The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that, for the first time, it will offer rewards to individuals who report antitrust crimes and related anticompetitive offenses....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Blowing the Whistle on Antitrust Crimes: DOJ’s Antitrust Division Announces First Whistleblower Rewards Program

Individuals now have a new incentive to blow the whistle on an antitrust cartel—the possibility of a monetary reward. The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division has established its first whistleblower rewards...more

McCarter & English, LLP

2025 Criminal Antitrust Roundup

The Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) has had a busy first half of the year announcing a first-of-its-kind antitrust whistleblower program, new indictments, and several sentencing and fine decisions. Below is a...more

Holland & Knight LLP

DOJ Antitrust Division Announces Whistleblower Rewards Program

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On July 8, 2025, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), in partnership with the United States Postal Service (USPS) and U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (USPS OIG), announced the launch...more

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Whistle While You Work: DOJ Unveils First Antitrust Whistleblower Program

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Key Takeaways - DOJ Launches Whistleblower Rewards Program: The Department of Justice (DOJ), in partnership with the United States Postal Service (USPS), introduced its first-ever Antitrust Whistleblower Rewards Program,...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending, July 12, 2025

Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast that brings you the week’s Top 10 compliance stories in one podcast each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings to you, the compliance professional, the compliance stories you need to...more

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