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Morrison & Foerster LLP

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

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

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Indictment in Israel for Attempted Price Coordination via Media and Food Law Violations

On February 19, 2025, the Competition Authority filed an indictment against leading retail chains, including Victory and Yochananof, and against some of their senior officers. ...more

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Antitrust Criminal Enforcement on the Horizon

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With the end of summer and fall right around the corner, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Antitrust Division is gearing up for several crucial displays of its criminal enforcement priorities across multiple...more

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Antitrust Division Stumbles in Recent Criminal Cases (Part III of III)

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The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division has suffered setbacks in recent months. Prior to these recent cases, DOJ’s Antitrust Division secured some significant trial victories, including Bumble Bee’s former CEO Chris...more

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

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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

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Contech Engineered Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Pay $8.5 Million for Bid-Rigging and Fraud

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The Antitrust Division has pushed bid-rigging and price-fixing prosecutions of government contractors.  It is long overdue – fraud enforcement has uncovered a number of bid-rigging and price-fixing schemes among government...more

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Pilgrim’s Pride Pleads Guilty to Price-Fixing and Bid-Rigging Conspiracy and Agrees to Pay $107 Million Fine

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The Justice Department’s criminal investigation of the chicken producing industry continues to gain momentum.  Pilgrim’s Pride is the first company to plead guilty and cooperate in the ongoing criminal investigation of the...more

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DOJ Antitrust Division Endorses International Cooperation in Cartel Investigations

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In July 2020, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (Antitrust Division) applauded the International Competition Network (ICN) initiative on cross-border leniency cooperation to fight international price...more

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Antitrust Alert: Executive Extradited While Visiting Italy Ten Years After Cartel Charges

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Last week, Italian authorities extradited the former senior vice president of Cargo Sales and Marketing with Martinair Cargo, Maria Christina Ullings. Italian authorities apprehended Ullings, a Dutch national, visiting Sicily...more

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DOJ's Antitrust Division Convicts Seventh Foreign Executive Following Extradition Proceedings

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The latest extradition of a foreign executive highlights ongoing efforts by the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division to arrest foreign executives abroad in order to face charges in the United States....more

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Bumble Bee CEO Convicted of Participating in Price-Fixing Conspiracy

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Global companies are paying greater attention to criminal antitrust risks – and with good reason.  We often dwell on the impact to a company of a major FCPA investigation.  A global criminal antitrust investigation often in...more

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[Webinar] Department of Justice - Antitrust and White-Collar Investigations - What You Should Know - October 23rd, 1:00 pm ET

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BakerHostetler invites you to join us for an upcoming webinar, Department of Justice - Antitrust and White-Collar Investigations - What You Should Know, offering vital insights into antitrust issues and white-collar...more

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Japanese Electrolytic Capacitor Manufacturer Settles Criminal Antitrust Case and Pays $60 Million Fine for Illegal Price-Fixing

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The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division had a slow year in criminal antitrust cases. There are a number of explanations for the slowdown in criminal cases – the most persuasive is that such a slowdown is part of normal...more

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Antitrust Alert: CEO Indicted for Seafood Price-Fixing

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The U.S. Department of Justice indicted Bumble Bee Foods CEO Christopher Lischewski on price-fixing charges. Lischewski is the first CEO to be charged for his role in the alleged U.S. conspiracy to fix the price of packaged...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The World in U.S. Courts - Winter 2018

French Bank Whose Transactions Benefitted Sudan Generally, But Were Not Otherwise Related To The Commission Of Terrorist Acts Supported By Sudan, Could Not Have Violated ATA And ATS....more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Developments in Antitrust Capacitor Investigation: Eighth Capacitor Manufacturer Charged

On October 18, 2017, a federal grand jury sitting in San Francisco indicted capacitor manufacturer Nippon Chemi-Con for participating in a multi-decade conspiracy to fix prices for electrolytic capacitors. Nippon Chemi-Con is...more

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Criminal Prosecutions of Individuals Outside the FCPA

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When you look outside the FCPA arena and examine DOJ criminal prosecutions in healthcare, antitrust, tax, fraud, and other white-collar areas, there is no shortage of cases against individual violators. I am perplexed, to say...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Cross-Border Investigations Update - December 2016

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update looks at Brexit’s impact on corporate crime and investigations, the U.S. DOJ’s increased use of forfeiture actions with international implications, current...more

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