Episode 374 -- Justice Department Resumes FCPA Enforcement with New, Focused Guidance
Understanding the DOJ's Recent Corporate Enforcement Policy Changes
False Claims Act Insights - Will Recent Leadership Changes Lead to FCA Enforcement Policy Changes?
Compliance Tip of the Day: New FCPA Enforcement Memo - What Does it Say?
Compliance into the Weeds: Changes in FCPA Enforcement
Enforcement Priorities of the Second Trump Administration: The False Claims Act
Hospice Insights Podcast - Still Number One: Healthcare Fraud Remains Central in DOJ’s White Collar Enforcement Plan
The Changing Landscape of EEOC Enforcement and Disparate Impact
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 60 - Enforcement Priorities of the Second Trump Administration: Employee Retention Tax Credit
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 59 - Enforcement Priorities of the Second Trump Administration: DOJ Focus
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 58 - Enforcement Priorities of the Second Trump Administration: IRS Investigations
FTC Regulatory and Enforcement Shifts Under New Leadership
Episode 352 -- Review of 2024 DOJ and SEC Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance
#WorkforceWednesday®: PAGA in California, NLRB Authority, New Employment Laws in 2025 - Employment Law This Week®
State AG Pulse | Never Say Never to Federal Privacy Legislation
GILTI Conscience Podcast | Inside the IRS: A Conversation With Former Agency Officials
Torres Talks Trade Podcast- Episode 12- ZTE & BIS Enforcement
The Justice Insiders: The DOJ Wants You!
Health+Tech - Episode 1: Post-Pandemic Healthcare Compliance and Enforcement Priorities
Blank Rome presents a new summer webinar series where our interdisciplinary team will unpack the most pressing legal, regulatory, and policy developments from the Trump Administration’s first 180 days. Each session offers...more
Labor markets have increasingly drawn the attention of the European Commission (“Commission”) and national competition authorities in the EU. As early as 2021, then-Competition Commissioner Vestager listed “no-poach”...more
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a final consent order with a private equity firm focused on health care and technology to resolve allegations of anticompetitive practices in two anesthesiology markets...more
JANUARY – MARCH 2025: KEY THEMES AND TAKEAWAYS - UNITED STATES - FTC Loses Vertical Challenge to Tempur Sealy/Mattress Firm On July 2, 2024, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed suit in federal court seeking to block...more
While life sciences M&A activity surges in today’s markets, the shift in regulatory enforcement priorities, constant innovation in technology, and strategic growth opportunities are changing the way dealmakers are approaching...more
With every change in administration, businesses and practitioners wonder what the new administration will mean for antitrust enforcement in the United States. Speculation was at fever pitch four years ago, after Democratic...more
What’s Inside This Issue? This edition of the K&L Gates Competition & Consumer Law Round-Up provides a summary of recent and significant updates from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), as well as...more
When President Biden appointed Lina Khan to lead the Federal Trade Commission, and Jonathan Kanter to lead the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, he staked out an energetic new approach to antitrust enforcement...more
The Trump administration will likely reverse course on many of the Biden administration’s regulatory efforts, creating a more business-friendly environment with a net positive impact on dealmaking and capital markets...more
Investment in the healthcare industry requires careful consideration, as it involves numerous distinct areas of the law. Venable's Private Equity Investment in Healthcare webinar series explores the unique issues and timely...more
On 18 June 2024, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), which includes the State Anti-Monopoly Bureau, released the China Antitrust Law Enforcement Annual Report (2023) (the “Report”). This article provides...more
On May 9, 2024, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new Task Force on Health Care Monopolies and Collusions (HCMC). Comprised of civil and criminal prosecutors, economists, healthcare...more
On March 5, the FTC convened a workshop with regulators, academics and stakeholders to discuss the impact of private equity in the healthcare market. The workshop reflects the FTC and DOJ Antitrust Division’s recent focus on...more
Combatting financial crime continues to be a key supervisory and enforcement priority for the FCA. The importance of this area was reiterated by the FCA’s February 2024 newsletter - Market Watch 77 - which sets out...more
Publicly announced Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement activity in 2023 did not return to the levels seen a few years ago, as indicated by both the total number of cases against corporate and individual...more
In spring 2022, the Department of Justice (the DOJ) announced its intention to aggressively pursue monopolization cases. While the DOJ is continuing its aggressive prosecution of criminal cases, it is also now utilizing...more
At the Global Investigations Review Annual Meeting in New York on September 21, 2023, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Marshall Miller (“Miller”) delivered remarks that provide an invaluable glimpse into the...more
Last week the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission (Antitrust Agencies) jointly released a draft of their long-awaited revised Merger Guidelines, which reflect the Biden Administration’s ramped up merger...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a draft of proposed new merger guidelines today, 18 months after FTC Chair Lina Khan and Assistant Attorney General...more
The start of 2023 has been a busy one, with global antitrust agencies advancing investigations and challenging a number of technology acquisitions. Future antitrust enforcement could also be shaped by new digital market...more
Our prior updates covered how FTC enforcement activity largely proceeded “as usual” during 2022 in the life sciences industry, with large pharmaceutical players buying or licensing promising, but still risky, assets from...more
Department of Justice Withdraws Long-Standing Antitrust Healthcare Policy Statements - On February 2, 2023, the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the withdrawal of its support for three...more
The American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section held its annual Spring Meeting in Washington, DC, on March 29–31, 2023. The Spring Meeting sessions featured updates from federal, state, and international antitrust...more
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
Biden Administration leadership at both the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has signaled the opening of more vigilant and skeptical eyes overseeing mergers,...more