Guilty Pleas, Antitrust Provisions, Department of Justice (DOJ)

U.S. DOJ Antitrust Division Uses Wiretaps to Detect and Prosecute Procurement Collusion

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 5/20/2024

The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) has struck again, this time with the help of a Title III wiretap. ...more

DOJ Evolves Its Strategy of Increased Criminalization of Employment Restrictions Under Antitrust Laws

Troutman Pepper on 12/14/2022

The Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division recently secured its first criminal conviction for a labor-side violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act after VDA OC LLC (VDA) entered a guilty plea....more

DOJ Snares Two More Guilty Pleas in Ongoing Criminal Investigation of Commercial Flooring Business

The Volkov Law Group on 6/16/2022

The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division has had a rough year in the criminal arena. While the Antitrust Division has aggressively blocked several proposed mergers, it has lost several significant criminal cases. ...more

DOJ's Antitrust Division Convicts Seventh Foreign Executive Following Extradition Proceedings

Morgan Lewis on 1/27/2020

The latest extradition of a foreign executive highlights ongoing efforts by the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division to arrest foreign executives abroad in order to face charges in the United States....more

Bumble Bee CEO Convicted of Participating in Price-Fixing Conspiracy

The Volkov Law Group on 12/17/2019

Global companies are paying greater attention to criminal antitrust risks – and with good reason. We often dwell on the impact to a company of a major FCPA investigation. A global criminal antitrust investigation often in...more

'Big Food' Takes Its Turn In The Price-Fixing Spotlight

Bilzin Sumberg on 5/7/2019

Price-fixing cases over the past decade have read like a virtual electronics product materials list. Government investigators and civil plaintiffs have pursued actions involving a wide array of electronic parts ranging from...more