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Increased Scrutiny and Punishment for Corporate Executives for Antitrust Violations

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On February 19, 2016, an antitrust official with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the agency’s increased emphasis on individual accountability, and a renewed commitment “to holding accountable the highest-level...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FinCEN Seeks to Curb Trade-Based Money Laundering Through Lowered Reporting Threshold

On April 21, 2015, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a Geographic Targeting Order (“GTO”) lowering reporting thresholds and triggering additional recordkeeping requirements...more

Blank Rome LLP

Display of FinCEN’s Aggressive Anti-Laundering Approach

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On April 21, 2015, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a geographic targeting order, an anti-money laundering device focused on trade-based money laundering schemes used by drug cartels,...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

New UK Competition Watchdog Sets Its Sights on Cartels

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) recently released its Annual Plan for 2015/2016. The Plan announces the CMA’s enforcement priorities for what will be the second year since the new organization assumed its...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Update on the DOJ's Criminal Investigation into Generic Pharmaceuticals

The Department of Justice Antitrust Division's (DOJ's) investigation into the generic pharmaceutical industry may be expanding. On March 15, 2015, a third generic manufacturer disclosed that it received a subpoena from the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Insights Conversations: Cartels"

With improved coordination among agencies and across borders and the threat of dual criminal and civil enforcement, companies facing cartel investigations must navigate an increasingly complex environment. Skadden partners...more

The Volkov Law Group

Criminal Global Cartel Focus on Generic Pharmaceuticals

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The Antitrust Division is nearing the end of its largest, record-setting criminal cartel investigation – global auto parts suppliers. It has been a sprawling investigation that has leaped from product-to-product in the auto...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Cartel Prosecutions – The Next Wave and the New Message from the U.S. Antitrust Division

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It is widely rumored that the U.S. Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“Antitrust Division”) is already working toward its next wave of international cartel investigations. The blockbuster auto parts...more

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