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Vinson & Elkins LLP

Wage-Fixing: An Alternative to DOJ’s No-Poach Prosecutions?

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On April 14, 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) obtained a high-profile “wage-fixing” conviction under the Sherman Act against a former executive of multiple home health care agencies (“HHAs”). A federal jury convicted...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Perseverance Pays Off for DOJ in Labor Market Criminal Trial

After several unsuccessful attempts to convict a company or individual at trial for wage-fixing or a no-poach agreement, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division has secured its first conviction in a labor market...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Indictment in Israel for Attempted Price Coordination via Media and Food Law Violations

On February 19, 2025, the Competition Authority filed an indictment against leading retail chains, including Victory and Yochananof, and against some of their senior officers. ...more

Morgan Lewis

2024 Antitrust & Competition Year in Review and Trends for 2025

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The past year marked the culmination of the Biden antitrust era. Under assertive leadership, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) adopted a more aggressive...more

BakerHostetler

AD-ttorneys@law - January 2023 #2

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Introducing Our Secret Plan to Fight Inflation - It’s simple: Don’t fall afoul of the FTC - ’Twas Ever Thus - Every year, like the swallows returning to Capistrano, the Perseid meteor shower, or a Real Housewives...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Testing California’s Price Gouging Statute

Pandemic-related price spikes in consumer goods have attracted the attention of both government enforcers and private plantiffs. In California, Attorney General Xavier Becerra has issued two admonitions against price gouging...more

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

The CMA will see you now

On 3 December 2015, the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) wrote an open letter to private medical practitioners in the UK stressing the importance of making independent commercial decisions and warning against...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

Car Jacking: Former Nissan Employees in Japan Arrested for Suspected Trade Secret Theft

On May 13, 2014, a former employee of Nissan in Japan was arrested by the Economic Affairs Division of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police on suspicion of trade secret theft. The arrest was made under the trade secret provisions...more

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