Tag: Leniency
Competition Law in Latin America Is Facing New Challenges
By Julián Peña1
In recent years, the Latin America region has seen and will continue to see a process that has brought big changes. Competition...
Antitrust Compliance and the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act
The Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2019 (“CAARA”) provides protections for employees, contractors, and agents who notify their employers or the federal government of...
Crediting Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Cases: How Strong a...
This article examines the U.S. DOJ’s 2019 revision to the Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business Organizations related to antitrust compliance programs, concerns about the revision’s...
Competition Compliance: The Path Travelled and the Way to Go…The CNMC’s...
Compliance is every effort an authority does to increase awareness on the importance of competition law, its benefits, and the consequences of infringements. The main...
Advancing Collaboration in International Cartel Enforcement
By Richard Powers & Leah McCoy (United States Department of Justice)1
When the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s (“Division”) leniency program was first...
Top Takeaways from ICN Guidance on Enhancing Cross-Border Leniency Cooperation
By Ann O’Brien (BakerHostetler)1
In July, the International Competition Network (“ICN”) Cartel Working Group (“CWG”) issued Guidance on Enhancing Cross-Border Leniency Cooperation (the Guidance).2 The...
Don’t Slice the Gordian Knot: Untangling Privilege Protection for Leniency...
By Amanda L. Butler & Robert B. Bell (Hughes Hubbard & Reed)1
A cartel participant that blows the whistle to the Antitrust Division can...
US: Senators approve antitrust whistleblower protection bill
Legislation introduced by Senators Chuck Grassley (Republican - Iowa) and Patrick Leahy (Democrat - Vermont) to protect whistleblowers who shine a light on unlawful...
U.S. Cartel Investigations: The Next Big Thing?
August 2019
CPI Cartel Column edited by Rosa M. Abrantes-Metz (Global Economics Group) & Donald Klawiter (Klawiter PLLC) presents:
U.S. Cartel Investigations: The Next Big Thing?...
Cartel Leniency in Hong Kong
Cartel Leniency in Hong Kong By Sébastien J Evrard, Virginia Newmann and Scott D. Hammond (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher)1
This contribution provides an overview of...
