Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Memorandum of Understanding, Department of Justice (DOJ)

New DOJ-USPS Whistleblower Rewards Program For Antitrust Tips

A&O Shearman on 7/15/2025

On July 8, 2025, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the launch of a whistleblower rewards program in partnership with the U.S. Postal Service (“USPS” or the “Postal Service”) and the...more

DOJ Will Partner With SEC to "Lean In" on Aggressive Antitrust Policing of the Financial Services Sector

King & Spalding on 10/27/2020

The Department of Justice Antitrust Division is intensifying its focus on the financial services sector and financial markets, and it is increasing collaboration with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Deputy...more

SEC and DOJ Adopt Memorandum of Understanding to Formalize Interagency Cooperation in the Securities Industry

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/22/2020

On June 22, 2020, Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim, head of the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice, and Jay Clayton, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, signed a Memorandum of...more

The SEC and DOJ Sign Historic Memorandum of Understanding to Enhance Competition in Securities Markets

BakerHostetler on 7/15/2020

On June 22, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Antitrust Division announced that they have signed an interagency Memorandum of Understanding...more

SEC and DOJ’s Antitrust Division Formalize Interagency Cooperation With Historic Memorandum of Understanding

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/26/2020

In an historic move this week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) executed the first-ever memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the two agencies. ...more

SEC and DOJ Antitrust Division to Increase Collaboration on Rulemaking and Investigations

Troutman Pepper Locke on 6/26/2020

On June 22, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (the Division) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a first-of-its-kind Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two agencies. The MOU was...more

China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ Initiative Creates Opportunities and Regulatory Challenges

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/20/2017

In a time of shifting opinions on the benefits of globalization, China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative (OBOR) offers an unexpected bright spot for multinational companies able and willing to participate in this...more

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