Yesterday Law 360 reported that “The U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division has embarked on a round of heavy hiring to beef up the ranks of trial attorneys who will help litigate pending enforcement actions against the biggest players in…
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Bob Connolly  bob@reconnollylaw.com
Acting Assistant Attorney General Richard Powers recently delivered (virtually) prepared remarks (here) covering several criminal enforcement topics including: Compliance; Deferred Prosecution Agreements and Engagement with Targets on Charging Decisions.[1]
In his remarks about “Engagement…
Continue Reading Why I Think the Antitrust Division Should Reconsider Its Policy on No Notice/No Target Letter Indictments

On December 3, 2019, after a four-week trial, Christopher Lischewski was found guilty by a jury of conspiring to fix prices in the canned tuna market in violation of 15 U.S.C. Section 1.  Throughout the trial proceedings below, Lischewski preserved his…
Continue Reading Christopher Lischewski (the tuna guy) has per se appeal thrown back by Ninth Circuit

Bob Connolly    bob@reconnollylaw.com
July 4th has come and gone and still there the Antitrust Division, US Department of Justice has no permanent leader. Reluctantly,  I declare myself a new entrant into the market for the job.
From press reports…
Continue Reading I’m Throwing My Hat in the Ring

Bob Connolly    bob@reconnollylaw.com.
The Supreme Court’s decision in Nat’l Collegiate Athletic Ass’n v. Alston, Nos. 20-512 and 20-520, 2021 WL 2519036, (U.S. June 21, 2021) is a boost for the Antitrust Division’s commitment to prosecute what it calls naked…
Continue Reading Some “Twinkling of the Eye” Thoughts on NCAA v. Alston

Bob Connolly   bob@reconnollylaw.com
In a prior post I listed a number of ideas I thought it would be useful for the Biden Administration’s Antitrust Division to consider when the new leadership is in place.  The first item I wrote on…
Continue Reading Initiatives I Hope the Antitrust Division Will Consider, Continued

[In the near future there will be new leadership at the Antitrust Division.  But “near future” is a relative term so before I forget what I was thinking about, I offer this post. Bob Connolly, bob@reconnollylaw.com]
When there is…
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