Antitrust Enforcement and Compliance Keeps Chugging Along
The Justice Department’s criminal enforcement of antitrust laws is a model of success. DOJ’s criminal program took off in the 1990s with two major developments: (1) adoption of a corporate leniency program which increased self-reporting by cartel members; (2) enforcement against international cartels which had an impact on US consumers. Criminal fines in 2009 exceeded $1 billion, dipped to $555 million in 2010, and then...