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Emerging Antitrust Implications for "Fact Checking” Content

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Key Takeaways - A recent statement of interest from the U.S. Department of Justice focuses on “fact checking” efforts as potential antitrust violations due to the potential to suppress competition within the “marketplace of...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Heard at the 2023 Spring Meeting: Part 1

The American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section recently held its annual Spring Meeting in Washington, DC, featuring updates from federal, state, and international antitrust enforcers and in-depth commentary on leading...more

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DOJ secures first criminal attempted monopolization conviction in decades

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On 31 October 2022 the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ or the Division) announced that the president of a Montana paving and asphalt contractor pled guilty to one count of violating Section 2 of the Sherman Act...more

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DOJ’s First Large Scale Crackdown on Potentially Unlawful Interlocking Directorates Led to 7 Board Resignations Across 5 Tech...

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On Wednesday, October 19, 2022, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) announced that seven directors resigned from their board positions because of DOJ’s concerns that holding the positions violated the Clayton...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Seven Directors Resign from Five Public Company Boards

Last month, we reported that the U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) had threatened multiple public companies, private equity investors, and individuals with lawsuits for violating the ban on interlocking directorates under...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

[Webinar] 2022 Enforcement Outlook Series | Antitrust in the EU and US: Enforcement Trends and Risk Mitigation Strategies -...

To help you stay up to date on the enforcement trends impacting your compliance strategy, McDermott is pleased to invite you to the 2022 Enforcement Outlook webinar series, which covers key areas of enforcement on a monthly...more

Perkins Coie

Pro Golfers Tee Off Antitrust Suit Against PGA Tour

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A group of 11 professional golfers launched an antitrust suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the PGA Tour, Inc. (the PGA Tour) on August 3, 2022...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

DOJ Files Lawsuit to Block National Security Support Services Merger

On June 29, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit seeking to block Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation's (Booz Allen's) proposed acquisition of EverWatch Corp. (EverWatch). The DOJ's suit is unique in...more

The Volkov Law Group

Contech Engineered Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Pay $8.5 Million for Bid-Rigging and Fraud

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The Antitrust Division has pushed bid-rigging and price-fixing prosecutions of government contractors.  It is long overdue – fraud enforcement has uncovered a number of bid-rigging and price-fixing schemes among government...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

DOJ Secures $100 Million Penalty from Florida Oncology Provider for Criminal Antitrust Conspiracy

On April 30, 2020, the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) announced that it had brought a one-count felony charge against Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute LLC (FCS), an oncology group...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

New DOJ Policy Underscores Need for Effective and Robust Antitrust Compliance Programs Now More than Ever | Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

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• The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a policy change under which it will consider a company’s antitrust compliance program in mitigation of alleged criminal violations of antitrust laws. • The DOJ’s previous...more

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What Not To Do When Your Competitor’s CEO Calls

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Apparently when the CEO of Hillsdale Community Health Center, Hillsdale, Michigan (Hillsdale), called his counterparts at neighboring general acute care hospitals, all of the antitrust advice they had received was left in the...more

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