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China Monthly Antitrust Update: August 2025

Dacheng on 8/15/2025

This monthly report outlines key developments in China’s antitrust sector for August. The following events merit special attention: SAMR Suspends Antitrust Investigation into DuPont China: In April 2025, SAMR publicly...more

Artificial Intelligence Litigation Roundup: The First Wave

Mogin Law LLP on 7/18/2025

It both rivals and compounds the transformation brought to us by advancements in computing technology, mobile technology, and the internet. The rapid evolution and commercialization of artificial intelligence (AI) tools has...more

Shifting Tariff Response Strategies: How Can Companies Avoid Antitrust Risk?

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 6/4/2025

In the current economic environment, where tariffs are being discussed, proposed, or implemented, with potential impact on many industries, companies are feeling pressure to rethink or adjust their pricing strategies....more

Regulatory Escalation in Pharma Sector: China Imposes First Executive Sanctions in a Cartel Case

Dacheng on 5/27/2025

On May 9, 2025, the Tianjin Municipal Administration for Market Regulation (“Tianjin AMR”) announced administrative penalties against four manufacturers of dexamethasone sodium phosphate (“DSP”) active pharmaceutical...more

China’s First Antitrust Enforcement Case Targeting Individual Liability: Strategic Guidance for Multinational Corporations

Morgan Lewis on 5/8/2025

The Administration for Market Regulation of Shanghai recently finalized penalties totaling RMB 223 million (approx. $31 million) against three pharmaceutical companies for colluding to fix prices and divide markets for...more

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up – The Trump Administration’s Criminal Antitrust Enforcement Posture Takes Shape

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/29/2025

As previously predicted, the new year and change of administration in the U.S. brought a series of notable developments in criminal antitrust enforcement. Recent actions indicate that the new antitrust leadership in the...more

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: Summer Surge Foreshadows Enforcement Intrigue

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 11/1/2024

Despite the summer doldrums, cartel enforcers around the world had several notable enforcement actions and, perhaps more importantly, signaled a busy fall and winter. In the United States, the Department of Justice’s...more

Q3 2024: Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 10/22/2024

Despite the summer doldrums, cartel enforcers around the world had several notable enforcement actions and, perhaps more importantly, signaled a busy fall and winter. In the United States, the Department of Justice’s...more

DOJ Alleges Illegal Rental Price-Fixing in Antitrust Case

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 8/28/2024

In a highly anticipated move, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) along with eight states filed a complaint against RealPage, Inc. for antitrust claims arising from its pricing software. The DOJ claims that RealPage has...more

Full Steam Ahead for Cartel Enforcement in 2024

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/4/2024

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

DOJ Warns Against Unintelligent Use of Artificial Intelligence

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 4/3/2024

The Department of Justice is stepping up its focus on artificial intelligence (“AI”), with officials warning that harsher penalties could be in store for those who deliberately misuse the technology to commit white collar...more

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: What to Watch in 2024

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/11/2024

The year 2023 ended with a bang in the cartel space, with a federal court of appeals upending what was long believed to be the scope of conduct that should be considered per se under the Sherman Act. The new year, 2024,...more

The Subtle but Significant Shift at U.S. Justice Department

NAVEX on 11/30/2023

In October, deputy attorney general Lisa Monaco made headlines when she announced a new leniency policy at the U.S. Justice Department for companies that disclose compliance violations discovered during mergers and...more

Litigation Financier’s Battle Against Sysco Provides Food for Thought

DarrowEverett LLP on 10/19/2023

Cloaked in secrecy, neither the terms of litigation financing agreements nor the attendant scuffles between financier and claimant, are typically aired in public. That changed for about four months of 2023, during which...more

DOJ Obtains First Divestitures in a Criminal Antitrust Case

Jones Day on 9/5/2023

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

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: Recent Developments in Criminal Antitrust for Busy Corporate Counsel ‒ 2nd Quarter 2023

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 7/12/2023

At this mid-point of 2023, and now several months on from the ABA’s Spring Antitrust conference, there have been several notable developments concerning cartel enforcement, as new leadership settles in at the U.S. Department...more

The Last Remaining FX Defendant Prevails at Trial

Mintz on 4/6/2023

Introduction - Class Plaintiffs in the case of In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates AntiTrust Litigation alleged that Defendant banks conspired to fix prices in the foreign exchange (“FX”) market in violation of Sections 1...more

State AG Updates: Arizona, Texas, California, North Carolina, Washington, New York and an AG Coalition

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 11/9/2022

In this edition of Faegre Drinker’s State Attorneys General Update, we discuss: • The Arizona AG’s $85 million settlement with Google relating to location-tracking data...more

[Event] Food Law – Regulation, Compliance and Litigation - July 13th - 14th, Chicago, IL

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 6/16/2022

ACI’s 6th Annual Advanced Summit on Food Law – Regulation, Compliance, and Litigation is returning to Chicago this July! As the pandemic turns into an endemic, you need to revise your playbook to tackle the food industry’s...more

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: Recent Developments in Criminal Antitrust for Busy Corporate Counsel - Q1 2022

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/10/2022

Since the last edition of the QCC, there has been a series of dramatic developments in the criminal antitrust enforcement space in the U.S. from the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (Division)....more

Department of Justice Does the Two-Step and Announces Criminal Conspiracy Charges Against Aerospace Executives

The Volkov Law Group on 12/20/2021

When the Department of Justice warns businesses and individuals, everyone needs to listen and respond accordingly. Starting in 2016, the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division warned businesses that the Antitrust Division...more

2020 Highlights in Canadian Life Sciences IP and Regulatory Law

Smart & Biggar on 1/5/2021

In 2020, Rx IP Update reported on a number of developments in Canadian life sciences IP and regulatory law. We review top developments below: Table of Contents 1. COVID-19: CIPO, Federal Courts, Health Canada 2. PMPRB:...more

Municipal VRDO Class Action Survives Banks’ Request for Dismissal

ArentFox Schiff on 12/3/2020

Financial institutions should work with outside counsel to ensure that their internal policies and external actions minimize conduct that may violate state and Federal laws and regulations, and incentivize employees to reward...more

Financial Daily Dose 10.8.2020 | Top Story: Feds fine Citi $400M over “Longstanding” Governance Failures

Robins Kaplan LLP on 10/8/2020

Federal regulators—including the Federal Reserve and the OCC—have fined Citigroup $400 million over “longstanding” failures in the areas of risk management, data governance, and internal controls. In addition to the fine, the...more

Teva Pharma Charged with Antitrust Conspiracy in Generic Pharmaceuticals Industry

The Volkov Law Group on 9/1/2020

Teva, the global pharmaceutical giant, was indicted last week as part of DOJ’s expanding criminal conspiracy investigation focused on illegal price-fixing and customer allocations....more

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