The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (collectively, the U.S. Antitrust Agencies) have recently reinvigorated antitrust enforcement against company “interlocks”—i.e., when a director or...more
On August 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and eight states filed a complaint in federal court in North Carolina alleging that RealPage, a software analytics company, coordinated rental prices in the real estate...more
8/27/2024
/ Algorithms ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Landlords ,
Monopolization ,
Property Owners ,
Real Estate Market ,
Sherman Act ,
Software
In 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) announced that it would criminally prosecute no-poach and wage-fixing agreements for the first time. Indeed, the DOJ has backed this up by bringing a number of...more
The U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division (DOJ) has made good on a promise it made over four years ago to criminally charge companies that agree not to solicit each other's employees in so-called "no poach"...more
1/11/2021
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
No-Poaching ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage-Fixing