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The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Antitrust Division generally focuses its criminal enforcement efforts on hardcore cartels that involve…

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: A new year, a new administration in the United States, and new cartel enforcement leadership in the United Kingdom have begun. In the United States, first-of-their-kind criminal charges have been brought involving labor and wages in an industry that had previously been largely untouched by cartel prosecutors. Federal legislation will now protect whistleblower employees, thereby encouraging them to report on their company’s anticompetitive conduct. A lot has happened since we last caught up on developments in cartel enforcement. Bi...

In this Issue: United States 1. FTC to study impact of physician group and health care facility mergers. As part of its Merger Retrospective Program, on Jan. 13, 2021, the FTC issued an Order to File a Special Report to six health insurance companies. The FTC plans to use information gathered through the Special Report (e.g., patient-level data from 2015 to 2020) to analyze the competitive impact of physician and health care facility consolidation, as well as mergers and acquisitions, in markets for health care services. 2. FTC approves final order imposing conditions on combination of Pfiz...

Friday, February 5, 2021 FTC to study impact of physician group and health care facility mergers FTC approves final order imposing conditions on combination of Pfizer Inc.’s Upjohn and Mylan N.V. As part of its Merger Retrospective Program, on Jan. 13, 2021, the FTC issued an Order to File a Special Report to six health insurance companies. The FTC plans to use information gathered through the Special Report (e.g., patient-level data from 2015 to 2020) to analyze the competitive impact of physician and health care facility consolidation, as well as mergers and acquisitions, in ma...

[co author: Markus Speidel]   On Tuesday, January 19, 2021, the Department of Justice announced charges against two providers of foreign language services for conspiracy to defraud the government on a multimillion dollar contract by impeding, impairing, obstructing, and defeating competitive bidding. The two companies, Comprehensive Language Center Inc. (CLCI) and Berlitz Languages Inc. (Berlitz), have admitted to the charges. Berlitz and CLCI admitted to violating 18 U.S.C. § 371 by discussing, agreeing to, and facilitating the submission of false and misleading information to the National...