On Monday, April 14, 2025, a federal jury convicted Eduardo “Eddie” Lopez of conspiring to fix the wages for home healthcare nurses in Las Vegas and for fraudulently failing to disclose the criminal antitrust investigation during the sale of his
On April 10, 2025, the Senate confirmed Mark Meador to serve as the third Republican on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in a 50-46 party line vote. Commissioner Meador takes his seat on a Commission now comprised of three Republicans
There is a lot of discussion regarding U.S. tariffs at this time, and it is still too soon to tell what the ultimate U.S. tariff landscape will look like. For now, however, it is important to recall that certain basic
In the first major initiative of the Antitrust Division within the Trump Administration’s Department of Justice, the DOJ announced on March 28, 2025 the creation of a task force to “advocate for the elimination of anticompetitive state and federal laws
On March 19, 2025, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued two technical assistance guidance documents (found here and here) focused on educating “the public about how well-established civil rights rules apply to employment policies, programs, and practices—including those labeled
The American Bar Association held its 40th Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime conference on March 5, 6, and 7, 2025, in Miami, Florida. The conference featured robust panel discussions with the federal and state judiciary, law enforcement officials,
On February 25, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order titled “Making America Healthy Again by Empowering Patients with Clear, Accurate, and Actionable Healthcare Pricing Information” (the “2025 Order”) aiming to provide increased transparency regarding the pricing of
The FTC took two actions on February 26, 2025 to emphasize its continued focus on labor markets and to rededicate its efforts to a policy priority in common with those of the previous Administration. First, the FTC approved a Final
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson announced to FTC staff on February 18 that the FTC would retain the 2023 Merger Guidelines as the framework for reviewing mergers and acquisitions. Citing the need for stability between presidential administrations, Chairman Ferguson
On February 3, 2025, President Trump appointed William B. Cowen as Acting General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Cowen has previously served in a variety of roles throughout the agency, including most recently as Regional Director for