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

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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

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Spring into 2025: Key Trends in Global Cartel Enforcement

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Despite geopolitical uncertainty and regime changes, global cartel enforcement has remained relatively steady over the last few years. That is not to say, however, that cartel investigations and private cartel enforcement...more

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OSHA Announces Interim Final Rule on Antitrust Whistleblower Retaliation Claims

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) of the U.S. Department of Labor has released a new rule that will give antitrust whistleblowers added protection against retaliation. The new rule establishes...more

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Race to Self-Report: U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division Updates Leniency Program and Revises FAQs, Including...

On April 4, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (the “Division”) announced noteworthy updates to its Corporate Leniency Program as well as its frequently asked questions (“FAQs”) that explain the Program,...more

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The Department of Labor Establishes New Whistleblower Protocols

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On February 19, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will oversee worker retaliation complaints filed under the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act...more

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Protection for Criminal Antitrust Whistleblowers Signed into Law

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Largely overshadowed by the rise in COVID-19 deaths and the January 6, 2021, siege on the Capitol, the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2019 (“the Act”) became law on December 23, 2020. See 15 U.S.C. § 7a-3....more

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New Law Protects Criminal Antitrust Activity Whistleblowers From Employer Retaliation

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On Dec. 23, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act. The new law, whose passage was applauded by the Department of Justice, prohibits employers from retaliating against employees who...more

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Will introducing payments for antitrust whistle-blowing in China prove to be a compliance game changer?

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On 19 November 2019, the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) posted a draft of the Interim Measures on Rewards for Complaints Against Significant Illegal Conduct in the Market Regulation Field (“Draft Reward...more

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Senate Bolsters Protections for Antitrust Whistleblowers

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On October 17, the United States Senate passed S.2258, the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2019 (“CAARA”). If enacted, it would amend the 2004 Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act, which limited...more

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US Senate Passes Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act

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The US Senate on October 17 unanimously passed S. 2258, the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2019 (the Bill). The Bill, if enacted, would amend the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004, and...more

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Senate Passes the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act, and Takes Another Shot at Increased Protections for Whistleblowers

On November 15, 2017, the United States Senate passed the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2017 (“CAARA”). This Act would amend the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 (“ACPERA”), and would...more

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