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In the past week, the U.S. Department of Justice suffered back-to-back trial defeats in its push for more aggressive criminal antitrust enforcement.

United States v. Jindal, government alleged a therapist staffing company engaged in price-fixing in violation of Sherman Act by conspiring with competitors to keep wages low. United States v. DaVita, alleged three conspiracies between health care companies to not solicit.

A review of President Biden’s proposed Budget (“Budget”) for 2023 spotlights the enforcement priorities of the president’s Justice Department as the administration enters its third...

On April 14, 2022, a Texas jury returned five not-guilty verdicts on six charges considered in the first federal criminal wage-fixing prosecution. A day later, on April 15, 2022, a...

Texas jury acquitted Neeraj Jindal and John Rodgers, company Integrity Home Therapy, on charges of price-fixing in violation of antitrust laws. Colorado jury acquitted kidney dialysis company DaVita Inc. on three counts of conspiring with competitors

The closely watched government campaign to criminally prosecute labor-related antitrust matters has run into a major roadblock—juries. Last week, the Antitrust Division...

The Chamber welcomes updates to the merger guidelines but warns against attempts to rewrite antitrust law.

During the recent Spring 2022 Enforcers Summit, Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division chief, Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Jonathan Kanter, announced that...

The closely watched government campaign to criminally prosecute labor-related antitrust matters has run into a major roadblock—juries.

The Chamber and a range of industry groups sent a coalition letter to the FTC and DOJ on its efforts to revise the merger guidelines.