Tag: Enforcement

Consistent with the Biden administration's push for vigorous antitrust law enforcement, enforcers have begun to employ Section 8 to target interlocking directorates.  Upon closer...

Section 8 of the Clayton Act prohibits interlocking directorates and officerships in various circumstances. In recent months, the Department of Justice has said that...

In most countries and economic sectors, organizations have traditionally faced few cybersecurity regulations. However, as the cybersecurity threat has worsened and the dependence on...

With the increasing dependence of our societies on computer systems and the Internet, and the explosion of so-called "smart" and connected devices, cybersecurity is...

By Richard M. Steuer1   The Robinson-Patman Act is attracting growing attention as a tonic for small businesses. Created during the Great Depression, the Act has...

By Anisha Chand & Siddharth Bagul1   With the expansion of the Indian economy, and as corporate transactions come back to pre-Covid levels, the Indian competition...

Mergers have been a persistent tactic by which powerful companies grow their power and monopolize markets. In passing and amending the Clayton Act, Congress...

For at least the last 30 years the American and European competition authorities have claimed they can protect competition to innovate. The authorities have...

Dear Readers, Competition authorities worldwide investigate and prosecute antitrust infringements criminally.  The U.S. Department of Justice, in particular, has famously imposed substantial fines and prison...

In April 2022, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice announced revisions to its leniency policy which incentivizes voluntary self-disclosure of criminal...