Over the past several years, U.S. antitrust agencies have renewed enforcement focus on labor issues, including agreements involving employee hiring and compensation. These include agreements by horizontal competitors to set...more
11/1/2022
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Compensation ,
Compliance ,
Criminal Liability ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Enforcement ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Shortage ,
No-Poaching ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Wage-Fixing
The DOJ’s Antitrust Division announced updates late last week to its Civil Investigative Demand (CID) form, explicitly codifying its intent to potentially use materials received in response to CIDs to launch secondary...more
9/20/2020
/ Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Civil Investigation Demand ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Question: Can a company have both an effective antitrust compliance program and an antitrust violation?
DOJ before June 11, 2019: Nope.
DOJ today: Yes, and your company may even get a deferred prosecution agreement if...more
7/15/2019
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Board of Directors ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Antitrust Litigation ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Employee Training ,
Incentives ,
Internal Controls ,
New Guidance ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Mitigation