Criminal and Civil Liability for No-Poach Agreements in the COVID Era

This article details the potential exposure to criminal and civil liability from no-poach or wage-fixing agreements between competitors under antitrust laws.  The first antitrust lawsuits related to no-poach agreements burgeoned on the scene in 2010, and now in 2022, the Department of Justice fulfilled its promise to vigorously prosecute these cases.  This article takes a deep dive into the recent cases prosecuted by the Department of Justice, and related developments for franchisors-f