How Can Outside Counsel Sidestep Ethical Pitfalls in Internal Investigations of Antitrust Wrongdoing?
DOJ has sharpened focus on individual accountability — and on health care. This signals an uptick in internal investigations involving ...
Tag: Antitrust
‘Interlocking Boards’ Likely Targets of Increased Antitrust Investigations
Though not illegal (and rarely challenged), board interlocks at companies of all sizes now face almost certain scrutiny from an ...
DOJ is Using Existing Antitrust Law in Aggressive and Unconventional Ways. Compliance and the Board Should Take Stock.
Recent aggressive antitrust enforcement activity from the DOJ warrants re-evaluating whether existing corporate compliance programs adequately address organizational and individual ...
Unpacking New Sets of Challenges for Compliance Committees: Renewed DOJ Focus on Corporate Crime and Antitrust
The Biden Administration is seeking to monitor and address two issues it considers mission-critical: punishing corporate crime and stimulating market ...
Antitrust Chief Outlines Aggressive Approach to Enforcement in Digital Markets
The DOJ’s new enforcement chief is signaling an aggressive approach to competition in digital markets. Compliance expert Michael Volkov warns ...
DOJ’s Criminal Antitrust Division Raises the Stakes for Ethics and Compliance With Inter-Agency and International Support
Those monitoring criminal antitrust activity now have more clarity on the Biden Administration's approach to enforcement. But that's no excuse ...
DAMITT 2021 Report: Merger Investigations Sink More Deals
If your company's proposed merger is subject to an investigation by U.S. or EU authorities, the likelihood the deal will ...
What Healthcare Providers and Life Sciences Companies Can Expect for Enforcement in 2022
Though the Biden administration's first year kept enforcements light, broad shifts and specific measures taken by regulators are set to ...
The New Era of Antitrust Enforcement
Risk managers and CCOs take note: DOJ and FTC have signaled a new era of antitrust enforcement. Leadership at both ...
The Vitol Enforcement Action
If there were ever a question about energy traders and FCPA risk, a recent FCPA enforcement action against Vitol answers ...
DOJ Launches 2 Criminal Prosecutions of Illegal No-Poach and Wage-Fixing Agreements
We've heard the warnings about criminal indictments against companies engaging in no-poach or wage-fixing agreements. Now the DOJ's Antitrust Division ...
Drawing The Line Between Collaboration and Collusion
COVID-19 is creating a gray area between legitimate collaboration and anticompetitive collusion. (Not all information exchanges point to price-fixing.) Morrison ...
