In April 2025, a Nevada federal jury convicted Eduardo Lopez, a home healthcare staffing executive, for fixing the wages of home health nurses. The conviction marks the Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s (DOJ) first...more
4/25/2025
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Antitrust Violations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Employment Litigation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Home Health Agencies ,
Home Healthcare Workers ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Wage-Fixing
On April 4, 2025, Washington became the first state to enact the Uniform Antitrust Premerger Notification Act (Model Act), requiring parties to certain notifiable transactions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust...more
Since their release, the federal antitrust agencies’ 2023 Merger Guidelines (2023 Guidelines) have faced significant criticism from many. There was speculation that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice...more
Active until its final day in office, the Biden administration focused intently on antitrust compliance programs. Most recently, antitrust enforcers made significant policy changes to their approach to evaluating corporate...more
1/24/2025
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Antitrust Violations ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Civil Liability ,
Competition ,
Corporate Culture ,
Data-Sharing ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Information Sharing ,
Labor Reform ,
Trump Administration
The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice has quietly made a change to its Leniency Policy and Procedures (the “Leniency Policy”) that could impact companies involved in transactions that discover potential...more