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DOJ Antitrust Division Launches New Task Force on Health Care Monopolies and Collusion

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The U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division has intensified its scrutiny of healthcare platforms that integrate doctors with insurers, data, and other assets. Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter described this...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Court Confirms No Higher Bar Applies for Domestic Search Warrants

Dawn raids, or unannounced inspections, are possible at both business locations and homes. In response to the increase in remote work and electronic communication in recent years, competition authorities are making more use...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Informed Board - Spring 2024

Artificial intelligence is not just about chatbots. Increasingly, it is used by government for enforcement, and boards need to prepare for that, just as they need to get ready for upcoming climate disclosure requirements....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Insights Special Edition: Women’s History Month

Celebrating Women’s History Month, we present a special edition of our quarterly Insights publication, highlighting the talent and insights of women at Skadden. The issue spotlights their authorship on such topics as the...more

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China's enforcement trends and developments: a review of data, bribery, and corporate crime issues

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Commercial bribery enforcement also became more active, as the authorities marked the 30th anniversary of the PRC Anti-Unfair Competition Law. The revision of the PRC Anti-Espionage Law raised some concerns about national...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

French Blocking Statute: SISSE, PNF, DOJ and French Ministry of Justice Representatives Draw Early Lessons From the 2022 Reform

Representatives from the French and U.S. governments, judiciary and private sector discussed early lessons from the 2022 reform of the so-called French “blocking statute” at a Skadden roundtable in Paris on 27 November 2023. ...more

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Paris Litigation Gazette - Issue 4 - October 2023

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In an important judgment handed down on 29 June 2023 (Case C-211/22), the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") ruled that a vertical agreement to fix minimum prices does not necessarily constitute a restriction...more

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Scrutiny for the Private Sector Will Come from Both Sides of the Aisle in the 118th Congress

This is the fourth part in our 2023 series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations. Up next: SEC. Last year, as we laid out the landscape for congressional investigations in 2022, we noted that...more

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The DOJ Gets the Green Light in its Latest No-Poach Criminal Prosecution

It has been a tumultuous year for the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and its recent no-poach criminal prosecution strategy. No-poach agreements, which are arrangements between companies that place restrictions on the hiring...more

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Antitrust Division Secures First Criminal Attempted Monopolization Guilty Plea in Decades

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In yet another indication of the renewed, aggressive antitrust enforcement program, the Justice Department recently announced the first attempted criminal monopolization case in decades — Nathan Nephi Zito, the president of a...more

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The DOJ’s Focus on Employer Non-Poaching Agreements Continues

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In another example of the Department of Labor (DOJ) pursuing criminal anti-trust cases against employers throughout the country, on October 27th, 2022, VDA OC, LLC (formerly Advantage On Call or AOC), a healthcare staffing...more

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Head of DOJ Criminal Antitrust Unit Says that Criminal Monopolization Cases May be on the Horizon

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In remarks made during a panel discussion at the ABA’s National Institute on White Collar Crime on 2 March, Antitrust Division Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard Powers said that the Department of Justice Antitrust...more

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International Legal Highlights - December 2021

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CROSS-PRACTICE TEAM RECOVERS $6 MILLION FROM BITCOIN THIEF IN SHORT ORDER - The Challenge: In the emerging cryptocurrency space, most investors store their assets in digital wallets, where—unlike traditional bank...more

Jones Day

Japan Legal Update Vol. 53 | Autumn 2020

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Technology - Japan Ministries Support Expansion of E-Signature Use - On September 4, 2020, the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and...more

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DOJ’s Focus on Criminal Antitrust Enforcement and Government Procurement

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Criminal investigations and enforcement programs ebb and flow – not necessarily because of a lack of initiative or some intentional slowdown.  Cases take time to investigate and prosecute....more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 2.24.2020 | Top Story: Wells Fargo to Pay $3 Billion to Resolve DOJ and SEC Investigations

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Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to pay a total of $3 billion to resolve criminal and civil investigations by the DOJ and SEC. Wells Fargo admitted “that it took millions in wrongful fees and interest, misused customer information...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.11.2019 | Top Story: Hong Kong Stock Exchange Makes Surprise Bid for London Exchange

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There’s some surprise market wheeling and dealing afoot this morning. The Hong Kong stock exchange has offered to buy its London counterpart as part of a deal valued at $37 billion that would connect “the established...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Antitrust Compliance Programs: Part 4 – Sentencing Considerations

As the third in a triumvirate of releases on compliance programs, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division released its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Investigations(Antitrust...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Recent Indictments Demonstrate Increased Focus on Bid-Rigging in Government Procurements

Companies involved in the government contracting industry should take note that the government is honing in on anticompetitive conduct affecting government procurements. The federal government has demonstrated an increased...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

MTS FCPA Settlement and Karimova Indictment: Denouement – Leveling the Playing Field

I know I said my post last Friday was the conclusion of my series on the Mobile TeleSystems PJSC (MTS) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) settlement but the more I thought about...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Markets took a beating yesterday, with investors apparently put off by tech stocks, tensions with China, a recent jump in interest rates and government bond yields, and a tightening Fed monetary policy....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Europe Insights

Despite a year of continued global political uncertainty and increasing enforcement, shareholder activism and foreign investment control activity, the 2018 outlook for Europe is positive overall. Skadden partners in the U.K.,...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The World in US Courts - Winter 2015: Orrick's Quarterly Review of Decisions Applying US Law to Global Business and Cross-Border...

Winter 2015 - The Global law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP takes great pride in announcing the Winter 2015 edition of The World in US Courts: Orrick’s Quarterly Review of Decisions Applying US Law To Global...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The World in US Courts - Orrick's Quarterly Review of Decisions Applying US Law to Global Business and Cross-Border Activities

In this issue, we discuss 28 new decisions by courts across the country and other authorities that address the "extraterritoriality" of US law, and consider whether disputes involving conduct outside the country may be...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2013 Insights

We are pleased to provide a collection of commentaries on the critical legal issues facing our clients in 2013. There is hope that global economic and market conditions will continue to improve despite ongoing...more

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