Healthcare Antitrust Enforcement Outlook with Former DOJ Antitrust Prosecutor and Strike Force District Leader
Jones Day Presents: Antitrust, Collusion, and Blockchains
Now, more than ever, health care organizations are facing complex antitrust issues as their mergers/acquisitions, hiring, contracting and private funding are being scrutinized by the federal and state governments. Proper...more
On May 9, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division announced the creation of a new task force, the Task Force on Health Care Monopolies and Collusion (HCMC), focusing on antitrust enforcement in the healthcare...more
On May 9, 2024, the DOJ announced the formation of a new task force on health care monopolies and collusion (the HCMC Task Force) that will “guide the division’s enforcement strategy and policy approach in health care,...more
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) actively enforces the Sherman Act within the U.S. and internationally. Generally described, the Sherman Act is a powerful statutory scheme designed to prohibit anti-competitive...more
Major League Baseball recently announced that it will investigate possible collusion between the New York Mets and Yankees involving prized free agent Aaron Judge – a situation that can teach employers of all types some...more
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
This month, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) opened a criminal investigation into collusive behavior among some of the largest producers of Atlantic salmon. This inquiry follows the DOJ’s June announcement of its separate...more
Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") launched the Procurement Collusion Strike Force ("PCSF") to detect, investigate, and prosecute antitrust crimes in government procurement, grant, and program funding, at all...more
Skadden’s Antitrust and Competition Group and the economics firm Charles River Associates recently co-hosted the ninth annual “Antitrust in the Technology Sector: Policy Perspectives and Insights From the Enforcers” seminar...more
In 2008, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) let Delta Air Lines merge with Northwest Airlines. Two years later, in 2010, the DOJ cleared United Airlines’ acquisition of Continental Airlines, after the...more
Recent federal antitrust enforcement activity demonstrates that companies that invite or merely suggest collusive agreements to competitors can be found liable. As the federal antitrust authorities continue their path to...more
Press reports have revealed that the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, in its ongoing investigation of the major airlines for price-fixing and collusion, has requested that the airlines disclose information about...more