While the original guidelines focused primarily on per se illegal wage-fixing and no-poach agreements, the 2025 Guidelines illustrate a significant expansion in enforcement, broadening scrutiny to compensation benchmarking,...more
2/12/2025
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Competition ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Franchises ,
Labor Reform ,
No-Poaching ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Wage and Hour
New strike force to deter, detect, investigate and prosecute government procurement antitrust crimes.
The new Procurement Collusion Strike Force will focus on antitrust crimes, such as bid-rigging conspiracies and related...more
11/15/2019
/ Anticompetitive Behavior ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Collusion ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
DOJ Strike Force ,
FBI ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fraud ,
Public Procurement Policies ,
State Contractors ,
U.S. Attorney
On October 20, 2016, the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) jointly issued “Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals” (the “Guidance”) to educate...more
11/10/2016
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Civil Liability ,
Criminal Liability ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
New Guidance ,
No-Poaching ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage-Fixing