Fierce Competition Podcast | Antitrust Challenges in Organized Sports: How They Play Out in the EU, UK and US
Nota Bene Episode 136: Africa Q3 Check In: Diligent Competition Investigations and the Digitization of the Economy with Andreas Stargard
Healthcare Antitrust Enforcement Outlook with Former DOJ Antitrust Prosecutor and Strike Force District Leader
Compliance Perspectives: The Antitrust Division’s Office of Decree Enforcement
JONES DAY TALKS®: Private Antitrust Litigation in Europe: The Big Picture
FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 440, Jesse Caplan on the DOJ Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs for Antitrust
Antitrust Enforcement and Compliance Programs
Polsinelli Podcast - Keep the Government out of Your Transaction: Practical Antitrust Tips for Mergers
Now, more than ever, health care organizations are facing complex antitrust issues as their mergers/acquisitions, hiring, contracting and private funding are being scrutinized by the federal and state governments. Proper...more
The American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section’s annual Spring Meeting is underway in Washington, DC. The annual Spring Meeting features updates from federal, state and international antitrust enforcers and extensive...more
Anyone who has ever received a civil investigative demand, subpoena, second request, voluntary access letter, or other form of compulsory process from a federal antitrust regulator knows that the government’s standard...more
Agencies drastically revise Merger Guidelines and HSR process while withdrawing long-established antitrust healthcare guidance - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ,...more
Since President Biden’s Executive Order in 2021 setting priorities for enforcing antitrust law, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division have taken bold action to transform the...more
Join the Hogan Lovells Antitrust and Competition team on Wednesday, 30 November 2022 where we will look back at the major competition-related events of 2022 and what we can expect next year, including: 1. Major FTC and DOJ...more
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
Last month, we reported that the U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) had threatened multiple public companies, private equity investors, and individuals with lawsuits for violating the ban on interlocking directorates under...more
The DOJ continues its efforts to create a novel area of potential criminal liability for labor market investigations. Historically, government enforcement of alleged anticompetitive labor market practices occurred in the...more
To help you stay up to date on the enforcement trends impacting your compliance strategy, McDermott is pleased to invite you to the 2022 Enforcement Outlook webinar series, which covers key areas of enforcement on a monthly...more
On June 29, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit seeking to block Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation's (Booz Allen's) proposed acquisition of EverWatch Corp. (EverWatch). The DOJ's suit is unique in...more
With consumer prices increasing across the economy, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced on February 17, 2022, a new joint initiative designed to identify and prosecute...more
2021 saw significant activity by both the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) in 2021. The DOJ, for example, finally followed through on its 2016 warning/threat to investigate and potentially...more
Absprachen im Personalbereich rücken zunehmend in den Fokus der Kartellbehörden. EU Wettbewerbskommissarin Margrethe Vestager hat jüngst am 22. Oktober 2021 in einer Rede in Rom ("A New Era of Cartel Enforcement")...more
The Antitrust Division has pushed bid-rigging and price-fixing prosecutions of government contractors. It is long overdue – fraud enforcement has uncovered a number of bid-rigging and price-fixing schemes among government...more
A revitalized focus on antitrust in healthcare has increased healthcare companies’ concerns about their compliance status. On this episode of In the Trenches, Brian Stimson, McDermott partner and former Acting General Counsel...more
Compliance Today (November 2020) - An ongoing U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into price-fixing, bid-rigging, and other antitrust behavior in the pharmaceutical industry has resulted in seven companies...more
The Department of Justice recently sent a stark message to medical providers (and other businesses) that agreements to allocate services, employees, and customers among competing providers will be prosecuted under criminal...more
On April 30, 2020, the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) announced that it had brought a one-count felony charge against Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute LLC (FCS), an oncology group...more
In the first case of its kind, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that it had entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute...more
As the federal government responds to the coronavirus pandemic, its purchases of goods and services are increasing. Organizations that compete for government contracts and program funding should be prepared for increased...more
In the field of antitrust, the current COVID-19 pandemic poses unprecedented challenges for merging parties and agencies worldwide. As the crisis unfolds, enforcement against cartels, investigations of excessive pricing, and...more
When the DOJ is deciding whether to charge a company with a criminal antitrust violation, or agreeing to a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), the effectiveness of a company’s antitrust compliance program is only one...more
In a massive win for Amazon (because, again, Jeff NEEDS it), Court of Federal Claims Judge Patricia Campbell-Smith has granted the company’s motion for an injunction halting Microsoft’s work on the $10 billion cloud-computing...more
“Big data” has become one of the hottest subjects for antitrust enforcers around the globe. There is concern that large tech companies are amassing vast amounts of data and will use that data to entrench their dominant...more