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Antitrust Division Indicts Company, Executive and Employee for $100 Million Price-Fixing Conspiracy

Antitrust Division Indicts Company, Executive and Employee for $100 Million Price-Fixing Conspiracy

DOJ’s Antitrust Division has been relatively quiet in prosecuting criminal cartel or bid-rigging cases.  Since 2015, the Antitrust Division’s criminal enforcement has fallen from the billions in penalties each year to the lower hundreds of millions.  Most of this may reflect the end of the large, Japanese auto supplier investigation.  While the Leniency Program was a significant source of enforcement actions, it appears the Program...