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Antitrust Enforcement
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Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility
DOJ and FTC Release Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals – Employment Law This Week
The top story on Employment Law This Week: The DOJ intends to investigate anti-competitive trade practices. The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission released joint guidance for HR…
Workforce Bulletin
Wage Fixing and No Poaching Agreements: New Antitrust Guidance Threatens Criminal Prosecution
By Epstein Becker Green, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Our colleague Daniel J. Green, an Associate at Epstein Becker Green, has a post on the Trade Secrets & Noncompete Blog that will be of interest to many of our readers in the…
On Competition Law and Economics
Antitrust in a Clinton Administration
Regardless of your political affiliation, it is worth understanding the potential changes to antitrust enforcement in the next administration. We will take a look at how antitrust might be handled…
On Competition Law and Economics
Bill MacLeod’s Message From The Chair
By Kelley Drye
Bill MacLeod is serving as the ABA Section of Antitrust Law's 2016-2017 Chair. Below is his most recent message as posted on the ABA website: Competition, Disruption and Transition: The Future of Enforcement…
Antitrust Alert
Antitrust Enforcement under a Clinton Administration: Status Quo or Significant Change?
On Monday, October 3, 2016, Hillary Clinton issued a statement on her website titled “Hillary Clinton’s Vision for an Economy Where our Businesses, our Workers, and Our Consumers Grow and…
Antitrust Law Source
Antitrust & politics: A match made in…
After eight years of antitrust enforcement under the Obama administration that some consider robust, while others are more critical, it is fair to wonder what we can expect from a…
Antitrust Law Source
ABA Antitrust Section’s Spring Meeting 2016: Agency update with Deputy Assistant Attorneys General
By Allen Carter
DOJ’s Antitrust Division is headed by an Assistant Attorney General, who is assisted by several Deputies, referred to as DAAGs (Deputy Assistant Attorneys General). In one presentation, the various DAAGs…
Antitrust Advocate
Sounding the Alarm: White House Agency Warns of Decreasing Competition Across U.S. Economy
The Council of Economic Advisors, a White House agency charged with advising the president on economic policy, recently issued a report, Benefits of Competition and Indicators of Market Power, addressing…
Antitrust Law Source
Breaking: President Obama’s executive order requires all federal agencies to examine antitrust issues
Earlier this morning, President Obama announced the issuance of an executive order that broadly requires all executive agencies and departments to take steps to address competition concerns. The executive order…
Antitrust Alert
Baer to Serve as Acting Associate Attorney General
By Young Cynn
On Monday, April 11, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed in a press release that Bill Baer will serve in the DOJ’s third-highest ranking position effective April 17, 2016.…