Indictments, Sherman Act, Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

In-Home Nursing Agency Executive Convicted By Nevada Federal Jury In The Department Of Justice’s First Victory In A Wage-Fixing...

A&O Shearman on 4/22/2025

On April 14, 2025, a federal jury in Nevada convicted a home healthcare nursing executive on one count of conspiracy to fix wages and five counts of wire fraud after a 15-day trial. The verdict represents the DOJ’s first...more

Unlocking the Handcuffs: Department of Justice Obtains Guilty Plea in “No-Poach” Hiring Agreement Case

Frantz Ward LLP on 11/7/2022

The Department of Justice has claimed its first victory in attacking “no-poach” agreements after a Nevada staffing company pled guilty and was sentenced to pay $134,000. The case arose out of a concerted effort by the...more

Four key antitrust events in Q4 2021 target labor markets and aim to protect workers: Here's what you need to know

White & Case LLP on 1/11/2022

The focus on using the antitrust laws to target labor markets has been gaining momentum for years, but the close of 2021 saw the trend hit overdrive with antitrust attacks on perceived harm to workers coming from all corners...more

DOJ Brings First Criminal Challenges to Wage-Fixing and No-Poach Agreements

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/22/2021

More than four years after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) jointly released the Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals in 2016 (Antitrust Guidance), the DOJ has...more

Employers Beware: Recent Criminal Antitrust Cases Involving Wage Suppression and No-Poach Agreements

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 1/20/2021

The Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) has recently announced two indictments alleging criminal antitrust violations against employers involving wage negotiation and no-poach theories. The cases, which...more

DOJ Antitrust Division Brings First Criminal Wage-Fixing Case: Continuing Enforcement on Labor Market Issues

Morgan Lewis on 12/17/2020

A federal grand jury in Texas indicted the owner of a therapist staffing company on wage-fixing charges on December 9. Although this is the US Department of Justice’s first criminal wage-fixing prosecution, the indictment...more