Tag: Department of Justice
Health Care Antitrust Without the Health Care Guidelines: What Will the...
In a largely unheralded announcement on February 3, 2023, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) withdrew three major antitrust policy statements applying to...
The Evolution of Antitrust Analysis for the Healthcare Industry: Is It...
The healthcare industry is comprised of numerous types of providers and suppliers who are generally considered competitors from an antitrust standpoint, but their collaboration...
The Department’s Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policy Changes: Implications for Antitrust Practice
By James W. Attridge1
On September 15, 2022, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced revisions to the Department of Justice’s (the “Department”) corporate criminal...
US Department Of Justice Antitrust Division On Hiring Spree
The Justice Department’s antitrust division is ramping up hiring of trial attorneys from Big Law firms as the Biden administration heightens its focus on...
Cartels 2022 — Halfway There Update: Policy Shifts, Labor and Trial...
By Ann O’Brien & Kayley Sullivan1
I. INTRODUCTION
The first half of 2022 has been an exceptionally busy time for criminal antitrust enforcement and policy announcements....
Developing More Vigorous Anti-cartel Enforcement by Promoting Deterrence
In spite of the many successes in the fight against cartels, enforcement is likely to be suboptimal because competition authorities systematically underdeter cartel formation....
The Monaco Memo: What Could It Mean for Criminal Antitrust Enforcement?
By Ann O’Brien, Brent Snyder & Sean Sandoloski1
Deputy Attorney General (“DAG”) Lisa Monaco recently delivered remarks at the ABA’s National Institute on White Collar...
The DOJ 2020 Business Review Letter to IEEE: Balance Restored
In September 2020, the DOJ updated its 2015 business review letter to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (“IEEE”) standard development organization (“SDO”)...
The Political Misuse of Antitrust: Doing the Right Thing for the...
By Spencer Weber Waller & Jacob E. Morse (Loyola University)*
Introduction
The increased importance of antitrust as a campaign issue and a political conversation raises long-standing...
DOJ’s Probe into Four Automakers: Impartial Investigation or Politicization of Antitrust?
By Grant Petrosyan (Constantine Cannon)1
On
August 28, 2019, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) sent letters
to four major automakers informing them that the federal...