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McCarter & English, LLP

2025 Criminal Antitrust Roundup

The Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) has had a busy first half of the year announcing a first-of-its-kind antitrust whistleblower program, new indictments, and several sentencing and fine decisions. Below is a...more

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Whistle While You Work: DOJ Unveils First Antitrust Whistleblower Program

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Key Takeaways - DOJ Launches Whistleblower Rewards Program: The Department of Justice (DOJ), in partnership with the United States Postal Service (USPS), introduced its first-ever Antitrust Whistleblower Rewards Program,...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending, July 12, 2025

Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast that brings you the week’s Top 10 compliance stories in one podcast each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings to you, the compliance professional, the compliance stories you need to...more

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DOJ Antitrust Unit Launches Whistleblower Rewards Program

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The U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (DOJ) has announced a new initiative aimed at enhancing the detection and prosecution of antitrust violations. ...more

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China Monthly Antitrust Update: June 2025

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This monthly report outlines key developments in China’s antitrust sector for June. The following events merit special attention: SAMR Seeks Comments on Provisions for Curbing Acts of Abusing Administrative Power to Eliminate...more

A&O Shearman

Surge in dawn raid activity signals stricter antitrust scrutiny

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2024 saw a continued trend of heightened dawn raid activity by antitrust authorities across the globe. Of the 31 jurisdictions surveyed, 24 (77%) confirmed that the regulator had carried out dawn raids during the course of...more

DLA Piper

CMA Unveils AI-Powered Tool to Combat Bid-Rigging in Public Procurement

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On 5 January 2025, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced the trial of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool designed to detect collusion in public procurement by scanning and analysing bidding data at scale....more

Cozen O'Connor

Sports Betting Companies Pay $6.5 Million for Allegedly Conspiring to Violate D.C. Laws

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District of Columbia AG Brian Schwalb has settled with Intralot, Inc. and Veterans Services Corporation (VSC) to resolve an investigation into allegations that the companies deceived city officials in violation of the...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

2024 Chemicals & Energy Antitrust Report

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The re-election of former President Donald J. Trump is poised to significantly alter the landscape of antitrust enforcement, particularly within the energy and chemical industries. While the incoming administration has yet to...more

The Volkov Law Group

Antitrust Division Indicts Company, Executive and Employee for $100 Million Price-Fixing Conspiracy

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DOJ’s Antitrust Division has been relatively quiet in prosecuting criminal cartel or bid-rigging cases.  Since 2015, the Antitrust Division’s criminal enforcement has fallen from the billions in penalties each year to the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: 2024 Mid-Year Global Review

At the mid-year point, 2024 is shaping up to be an eventful year in cartel enforcement. In the United States, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)’s Antitrust Division (Division) enjoyed two significant victories and finally...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Full Steam Ahead for Cartel Enforcement in 2024

As anticipated, cartel enforcement is ramping up at the start of 2024 and investigations relating to artificial intelligence (AI) are taking center stage. Leadership of both the broader Department of Justice (DOJ) and the...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

DOJ Provides More Specific Guidance About Criminal Enforcement of Section 2

Since the Antitrust Division's March 2022 announcement that it would once again consider and bring criminal charges for violations of Section 2 of the Sherman Act, DOJ has resisted calls for guidance about what conduct would...more

Jones Day

DOJ Obtains First Divestitures in a Criminal Antitrust Case

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The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division ("DOJ") recently resolved a criminal case with Teva Pharmaceuticals and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals via deferred prosecution agreements ("DPAs"), which include a novel remedy for...more

BCLP

Demolished by the CMA - collusion in the demolition industry

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On 23 March 2023 the UK Competition and Markets Authority (‘CMA’) issued an announcement that it has issued fines totalling nearly £60m to 10 construction firms for illegally colluding to rig bids for demolition and asbestos...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Shift In Health Care Antitrust Prosecutions Is Likely

In December 2022, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General announced a memorandum of understanding memorializing their...more

Hogan Lovells

World Bank investigations spike and highlight integrity risks in private sector development finance

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Ignoring integrity risks in emerging markets when receiving financing from the World Bank Group (WBG) is about to become much riskier, as the WBG Sanctions System Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) indicates. The...more

Perkins Coie

DOJ Procurement Collusion Strike Force Revs Up in 2022

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Continuing its prolific run of indictments, guilty pleas, and convictions, on July 13, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF or Strike Force) secured a guilty plea from a Texas...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ Snares Two More Guilty Pleas in Ongoing Criminal Investigation of Commercial Flooring Business

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The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division has had a rough year in the criminal arena.  While the Antitrust Division has aggressively blocked several proposed mergers, it has lost several significant criminal cases. ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Government Contractors Facing Increased Antitrust Scrutiny

Procurement Collusion Strike Force - The Procurement Collusion Strike Force, formed by the Department of Justice in 2019, is ramping up enforcement pressures against government contractors. The Strike Force brings together...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Views and Lessons from the Trenches of the First Criminal No-Poach Trial

In a landmark case of first impression, the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division (Division) indicted and brought to trial a federal criminal prosecution alleging agreements between DaVita, Inc., its former CEO...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Kanter Signals DOJ to Follow FTC Lockstep, Calls for Substantial Change to Competition Enforcement Approach

In remarks delivered on January 18, 2022, and January 24, 2022, Jonathan Kanter, the Assistant Attorney General (AAG) for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, laid out the areas where he perceives...more

Hogan Lovells

DOJ Antitrust Division and FBI to investigate collusion stemming from supply chain disruptions

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On 17 February, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division (Antitrust Division)  announced that it is launching a joint initiative with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to “deter and prosecute those who would...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: Recent Developments in Criminal Antitrust for Busy Corporate Counsel – Q4 2021

The end of 2021 continued to be a busy time for antitrust enforcers in the U.S. and around the world. Perhaps most notably, in November the Senate confirmed Jonathan Kanter to lead the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust...more

The Volkov Law Group

DOJ’s Antitrust Division Charges Seris Security and Three Executives, and Announces Plea Agreement with G4S Secure Solutions in...

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The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division returned a criminal indictment against Seris Security and three executives, Danny Vandormael, CEO of Seris, Peter Verpoort, Director for Security at Seris, and Jean Paul Van...more

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