On 31 October 2022 the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ or the Division) announced that the president of a Montana paving and asphalt contractor pled guilty to one count of violating Section 2 of the Sherman Act...more
Join the Hogan Lovells Antitrust and Competition team on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 for a discussion on the evolution and expansion of antitrust enforcement in labor markets and how to identify and avoid common pitfalls in a...more
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused upheaval across labor markets and resulted in what some have termed the “Great Resignation.” In the midst of these challenging labor market conditions, employers should be aware that the U.S....more
Companies around the globe are being forced to respond quickly and creatively to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic fallout. As the saying goes, "Desperate times call for desperate measures." And in these...more
The Antitrust Division (Division) announced Monday that Maria Christina "Meta" Ullings, a Dutch national and former executive for Martinair Holland N.V., was extradited from Italy to the United States after being apprehended...more
1/17/2020
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Antitrust Conspiracies ,
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EU ,
Extradition ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Government Investigations ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Indictments ,
INTERPOL ,
Obstruction of Justice ,
Price-Fixing ,
Red Notices ,
Trump Administration
Over the last several weeks, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (the Division) obtained two recent trial victories, providing much-needed wins after the October 2018 acquittal of three foreign-exchange...more
12/13/2019
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Antitrust Violations ,
Bid Rigging ,
Competition ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fishing Industry ,
Foreign Exchanges ,
Investigations ,
Price-Fixing ,
Sherman Act
Read the latest news on antitrust, competition and economic regulation (ACER) in this Autumn's edition of our quarterly ACER newsletter.
Algorithms in the spotlight of antitrust authorities -
Joint study by the...more
12/10/2019
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Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Belgian Competition Authority ,
Belgium ,
Competition ,
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Digital Marketplace ,
EU ,
Germany ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Luxembourg ,
Merger Controls ,
Netherlands ,
Popular ,
Public Procurement Policies ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Statutory Violations
Read the latest news on antitrust, competition and economic regulation (ACER) in this Summer's edition of our quarterly ACER newsletter.
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10/1/2019
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Antitrust Violations ,
China ,
Competition ,
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Criminal Investigations ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Markets Strategy ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Indonesia ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Resale Pricing ,
State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) ,
Vietnam
Japanese companies involved in U.S. public procurement should be aware: The Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division (Division) has publicly announced that it is prioritizing investigations of criminal antitrust...more
7/25/2019
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Bid Rigging ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Fraud ,
Government Investigations ,
Japan ,
Public Procurement Policies ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards ,
South Korea ,
Supply Chain ,
White Collar Crimes
Change is here. A few weeks ago, Makan Delrahim – Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (the Division or DOJ) – signaled a major change in how the Division will assess a...more
6/13/2019
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Antitrust Violations ,
Cartels ,
Competition ,
Cooperation Initiative ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Investigations ,
Price-Fixing
The Antitrust Division (Division) has recently prioritized the investigation and prosecution of criminal antitrust violations involving public procurement.
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On 31 October the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah's decision in United States v. Kemp & Associates, et al. that dismissed the government's indictment as time...more
The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) and the Ministry of Transparency, Supervision and Comptroller-General (CGU) have entered into a cooperation agreement to fight transnational corruption and cartels....more
11/13/2018
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Brazil ,
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Competition Authorities ,
Cooperation Agreement ,
Corruption ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards
On 9 April 2018 the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (Antitrust Division or Division) hosted the second of a series of roundtable discussions on antitrust enforcement. ...more
On August 28, a Utah federal judge held in United States v. Kemp & Associates, et al. that he will apply the rule of reason standard in a criminal prosecution against an heir-locator company for allegedly colluding with its...more
In this hoganlovells.com interview, partners Megan Dixon and Kathryn Hellings discuss the trends they are seeing related to domestic and international cartel cases and offer a perspective on what could happen under a Trump...more