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Seventh Circuit Revives Former McDonald’s Workers’ No-Poach Suit

An important federal appeals court has clarified a key principle of antitrust law in a way that potentially makes it more difficult for an employer to win a motion to dismiss, and thereby avoid expensive discovery, with...more

9/1/2023 / Corporate Counsel , Employer Liability Issues , Fast-Food Industry , Franchisee , McDonalds , No-Poaching , Rule-of-Reason Analysis , Sherman Act

Connecticut Federal Judge Tosses Out Another DOJ No-Poach Prosecution

On April 28, 2023, U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden issued the latest blow to the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) efforts to criminally prosecute individuals who engage in “no-poach” agreements by granting the defendants’...more

5/2/2023 / Acquittals , Department of Justice (DOJ) , Double Jeopardy , Federal Trade Commission (FTC) , No-Poaching , Sherman Act

Back-to-Back Trial Losses Unlikely to Deter Antitrust Division’s Efforts to Take on Labor Market Prosecutions

In the span of 24 hours, two closely-watched federal jury trials both ended in defeat last week for the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (“the Division”). The trials were considered bellwethers in gauging how the...more

4/20/2022 / Antitrust Division , Antitrust Violations , Competition , Corporate Counsel , Criminal Prosecution , Department of Justice (DOJ) , No-Poaching , Sherman Act , Wage-Fixing

DOJ's Aggressive Pursuit of 'No Poachers'

On January 28, 2022, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado declined to dismiss a criminal antitrust indictment alleging a dialysis operator, DaVita Inc. (“DaVita”), and its former CEO colluded with...more

3/7/2022 / Antitrust Division , Antitrust Violations , Competition , Department of Justice (DOJ) , Federal Trade Commission (FTC) , Hiring & Firing , No-Poaching , Recruitment Policies , Sherman Act , Wage and Hour

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