Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section

This one-hour webinar will explore the complexities that arise when trying a civil or criminal antitrust case against foreign defendants before a jury in the United States. Read more

This program will provide a primer on recent antitrust enforcement in the technology sector for both experienced antitrust practitioners and non-antitrust specialists. Read more

Welcome to the May E-briefs, News and Notes. We hope you find this edition useful. Read more

This lunchtime program features leaders of the DOJ Antitrust Division, FTC, and California DOJ for a briefing on the priorities and activities of the principal agencies charged with enforcing the competition laws. Read more

For the past year, government enforcers and private litigants have been actively pursuing allegedly abusive pricing, refunding, and advertising practices related to the ongoing pandemic. Read more

The Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section is pleased to announce that the inaugural recipient of its Inclusion and Diversity Fellowship is LeeAnna Bowman-Carpio. As part of the Fellowship award, LeeAnna has secured a summer internship at the California Department of Justice’s Antitrust Section and an educational stipend of $10,000. Read more

Antitrust And Unfair Competition Law E-Brief, News and Notes: April 2021 Read more

Antitrust Division, US DOJ Richard A. Powers Named Acting Assistant Attorney General On February 8, 2021, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard Powers was designated Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division. Health Care Staffing Company and Executive Indicted for Colluding to Suppress Wages of School Nurses, March 30, 2021A federal grand jury in Las Vegas, Nevada, returned an indictment charging VDA OC LLC (formerly Advantage On Call LLC), a health care staffing company, and Ryan Hee, a former… Read more

Over the last several months I have heard several presentations by Richard Powers, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, US Department of Justice, addressing the protocol of interactions between counsel representing parties and the staff at the Antitrust Division. Read more

The Federal Trade Commission filed an administrative complaint and authorized a federal court lawsuit to block Illumina’s $7.1 billion proposed acquisition of GRAIL, Inc. Read more