Former Government Contractor Executive Convicted of Procurement Fraud
On February 1, 2022, a federal jury found a former engineering firm executive guilty of conspiring to rig bids and defraud the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) of hundreds of public...
View ArticleDOJ to Devote Substantial Resources to Investigating and Prosecuting...
In March 3, 2022, speeches at the American Bar Association’s Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime (ABA White Collar Institute), US Attorney General (AG) Merrick Garland and US Assistant...
View ArticleDOJ Antitrust Division Signals Impending Criminal Monopolization Cases
WHAT HAPPENED On March 2, 2022, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard Powers revealed that the DOJ intends to investigate and pursue alleged...
View ArticleCartel Corner | March 2022
The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division (Division) has continued to actively investigate and pursue alleged criminal violations of antitrust laws and collusive activity in government...
View ArticleViews and Lessons from the Trenches of the First Criminal No-Poach Trial
In a landmark case of first impression, the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division (Division) indicted and brought to trial a federal criminal prosecution alleging agreements between...
View ArticleCartel Corner | August 2022
Without question, 2022 has been a remarkably busy time for the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Antitrust Division (Division). Over just a few months, the Division rolled out meaningful revisions to...
View ArticleDOJ Revamps Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policies with Continued Emphasis...
At a September 15, 2022, speech at New York University School of Law, US Deputy Attorney General (Deputy AG) Lisa Monaco announced several new policies intended to further the aggressive stance the US...
View ArticleDOJ Prosecutes Attempted Collusion among Business Competitors for First Time...
On October 31, 2022, the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division (Division) made good on its intention earlier this year to revitalize efforts surrounding criminal enforcement of Section 2...
View ArticleDOJ’s Labor Market Prosecution Against Aerospace Employees Dismissed; Alleged...
On April 28, 2023, a judge from the US District Court for the District of Connecticut dismissed the criminal non-solicitation case brought by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) against six employees of...
View ArticleCartel Corner | July 2023
In the first half of 2023, antitrust enforcers remained remarkably busy both in the United States (US) and across the European Union (EU). The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Antitrust Division...
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