The 40th American Bar Association White Collar Crime Conference took place on March 5-7, 2025 in Miami, and was once again loaded with timely discussion on a range of U.S. criminal enforcement topics. Axinn partners Dan Oakes...more
In many ways, criminal antitrust enforcement during President Trump’s first term illustrates what to expect under Trump 2.0. Among other highlights, the Delrahim DOJ obtained indictments and pleas involving public procurement...more
2/28/2025
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
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FBI ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Fraud ,
Fraud Abuse and Waste ,
Healthcare ,
Labor Reform ,
Procurement Collusion Strike Force ,
Trump Administration ,
White Collar Crimes
The FTC’s recent rule largely rendering employment-related non-compete covenants unenforceable has hit a roadblock—at least with respect to the named plaintiffs in the first-filed challenge, Ryan, LLC v. FTC. To recap...more
The 2024 ABA/IBA International Cartel Workshop in Barcelona, Spain just wrapped up after three days full of demonstrations around a cartel hypothetical, substantive panels, and discussions with cartel enforcement officials...more
The 2024 ABA White Collar Crime Conference in San Francisco was filled with insightful discussion on hot topics in recent U.S. criminal enforcement as Department of Justice enforcers offered views into current and future...more
2023 was a dramatic year for criminal antitrust enforcement in the United States. The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) garnered big wins: three convictions at trial,1 $267 million in criminal fines...more
3/6/2024
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Compliance ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Individual Accountability ,
No-Poaching ,
Per Se Rule ,
Sherman Act ,
Wage-Fixing ,
White Collar Crimes
The Department of Justice’s years-long campaign to criminally prosecute no-poach agreements may be taking a hiatus. On November 13, 2023, the DOJ moved to dismiss its indictment against Surgical Care Affiliates, LLC (“SCA”),...more
Attempting to put some teeth into the policy statement that it issued last month, the FTC sent letters to 10 pharmaceutical companies, asserting that their listing of over 100 patents in FDA's Orange Book for a variety of...more
On October 4, 2023, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced a new "safe harbor" policy for voluntary self-disclosures in the context of mergers and acquisitions, whereby the Department of Justice will decline to...more
In December 2022, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General announced a memorandum of understanding memorializing their...more
2/9/2023
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Bid Rigging ,
Competition ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Guidance ,
Healthcare ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
Price-Fixing