The 2024 ABA/IBA International Cartel Workshop in Barcelona, Spain just wrapped up after three days full of demonstrations around a cartel hypothetical, substantive panels, and discussions with cartel enforcement officials...more
The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice has quietly made a change to its Leniency Policy and Procedures (the “Leniency Policy”) that could impact companies involved in transactions that discover potential...more
The subject of corporate leniency as a tool for combating criminal conduct seems to be top of mind for federal prosecutors. In the last few months, the Deputy Attorney General, Lisa Monaco, and senior enforcers in the...more
Since the last edition of the QCC, there has been a series of dramatic developments in the criminal antitrust enforcement space in the U.S. from the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (Division)....more
Earlier this month, on the eve of the ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division rolled out significant updates to its Leniency Program, most readily discernible through an augmented,...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently revised its Antitrust Division Leniency Policy and Procedures and has published updated guidance in the form of FAQs...more
On April 4, 2022, Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Jonathan Kanter delivered remarks at the 2022 Competition Enforcers Summit with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), announcing changes to the Antitrust Division’s (Division)...more
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division announced significant guidance updates to its leniency program on April 4, 2022. Under the program, companies that self-report antitrust conspiratorial activity to the...more
On April 4, 2022, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division (the “Division”) announced important policy and practice changes to its leniency program (the “Leniency Program”) — the first substantive changes to the...more
The U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (Antitrust Division) announced several significant updates to its Leniency Policy on April 4, 2022. Under that policy, the first company or individual to report a criminal...more
No matter how novel a scheme about “coordinating” with competitors to instill “discipline” in the market may seem, odds are that the antitrust enforcers have seen it before and eventually will prosecute it. Take the recent...more
In July 2020, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (Antitrust Division) applauded the International Competition Network (ICN) initiative on cross-border leniency cooperation to fight international price...more
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division reaffirmed its endorsement of leniency initiatives both on the domestic and international front by lauding congressional efforts to reauthorize the Antitrust Criminal...more
In February 2020, at the 13th International Cartel Workshop, Deputy Assistant Attorney General (DAAG) Powers provided some insight as to the DOJ’s current views about the Antitrust Division’s Leniency Program. The headline:...more
The Justice Department announced this week the formation of a new Procurement Collusion Strike Force, which will focus on “deterring, detecting, investigating and prosecuting antitrust crimes, such as bid-rigging conspiracies...more
On October 17, the United States Senate passed S.2258, the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2019 (“CAARA”). If enacted, it would amend the 2004 Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act, which limited...more
Last month the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division announced a landmark new policy to incentivize companies to develop robust antitrust compliance programs. For the first time, the Antitrust Division will now consider...more
On July 11, 2019, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division announced a new policy to encourage companies to invest in comprehensive and effective antitrust compliance programs. The Antitrust Division’s new policy...more
For years the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice resisted, in contrast to the Criminal Division, considering and awarding credit for companies' "robust" compliance programs....more
While the Department of Justice's enforcement and policy priorities change from administration to administration, one priority has not, dating to the Clinton era: The DOJ's Antitrust Division loves to prosecute price-fixing...more
As the third in a triumvirate of releases on compliance programs, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, in July, released its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Investigations...more
When was the last time your organization reviewed its antitrust compliance program? The Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice announced a new policy to incentivize corporate antitrust compliance programs, which...more
On July 11, 2019, while addressing an audience at NYU School of Law, Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim announced new United States Department of Justice policies intended to promote robust antitrust compliance...more
In a major policy shift, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice recently announced that it will now credit companies for effective corporate antitrust compliance programs in making charging decisions and penalty...more
On July 11, the U.S. Department of Justice rolled out a new policy to encourage stronger corporate antitrust compliance efforts. Announced by DOJ Antitrust Division head Makan Delrahim in remarks at the New York University...more