Criminal Prosecution, Criminal Liability, Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

The “TAKE IT DOWN Act” Goes Up to President Trump’s Desk for Signature

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 5/9/2025

On April 28, 2025, Congress passed the “TAKE IT DOWN Act.” In addition to criminalizing intentional publication of non-consensual intimate imagery, including computer-generated intimate imagery (collectively, NCII), the bill...more

Can Non-Compete Agreements Lead to Jail Time?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/5/2023

Can non-compete agreements lead to criminal fines—or even jail time? Yes, they can. That is because violating the Sherman Antitrust Act can result in criminal charges, not just civil liability....more

Competition authorities crackdown on employment markets: a new era for cartels

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 2/8/2023

At the end of last year, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) secured a guilty plea for wage fixing, resulting in its first criminal conviction with Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter saying: “[t]oday’s guilty plea...more

What’s Next for Health Care Antitrust in 2023?

Williams Mullen on 12/22/2022

In 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order directing antitrust enforcers to make sure that health care would be an area of emphasis for antitrust enforcement, and in 2022 they did. Federal regulators brought several...more

Uber’s Former Chief Security Officer Found Guilty of Obstruction for Coverup of Data Breaches

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 10/18/2022

On October 5, 2022, after a monthlong jury trial, former Uber Chief Information Security Officer Joseph Sullivan was found guilty of obstructing proceedings of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and misprision of a felony...more

DOJ Announces Indictment of Former Owner of Health Care Staffing Company for Wage Fixing

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints on 12/14/2020

Yesterday the Department of Justice announced that a federal grand jury indicted Neeraj Jindal, the former owner of a therapist staffing company in north Texas, for his participation in a conspiracy to fix the wages of...more