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Top Five Cartel Resources
Practical Law Legal Update w-001-0323 (Approx. 3 pages)
Top Five Cartel Resources
by Practical Law Antitrust
| Published on 08 Dec 2015 • USA (National/Federal) |
Practical Law's top resources on cartels.
As part of its on-going focus on criminal antitrust activity, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) brought two price-fixing or bid-rigging lawsuits over the last month and obtained guilty pleas in two other actions, as described in the following DOJ press releases:
Practical Law Antitrust provides many resources to help counsel prevent or respond to those types of antitrust violations. Our top resources on cartels include:
- Practice Note, Competitor Collaborations in the US. This resource examines the ways in which companies can comply with US antitrust laws while engaging in joint activities with their competitors, such as joint ventures, trade association activities, and information exchanges between market participants.
- Practice Note, Antitrust Compliance Programs. This resource outlines the key issues related to creating and maintaining an antitrust compliance program, including the reasons to adopt an antitrust compliance program, the program's essential features, and how to tailor a program to the company's specific needs.
- DOJ Auto Parts Cartel Investigation Chart. This chart tracks the DOJ's ongoing investigation into price-fixing and bid-rigging in the auto parts industry and other related cartels.
- How to Prepare for and Respond to a US Antitrust Raid Checklist. This resource provides the general steps a company should take before, during, and after a raid by US government authorities in connection with an antitrust investigation.
- Cartels Toolkit. This resource includes materials that help attorneys litigate and counsel on antitrust cartel matters, including those relating to the DOJ's criminal cartel enforcement and leniency programs, as well as materials relating to private antitrust follow-on litigation.