Tagged: Sherman Act Section 1

District Court Upholds Criminal Antitrust Charges for Labor Price-Fixing

District Court Upholds Criminal Antitrust Charges for Labor Price-Fixing

The Antitrust Division won a preliminary skirmish against two co-defendants who challenged the criminal indictment against them charging price-fixing in the labor market. District Court Judge Mazzant, in the Eastern District of Texas, issued a decision denying the defendants’ motion to dismiss in United States v. Neeraj Jindal & John Rodgers, 20-CR-358. (Here). In rejecting the defendants’ motion, the trial judge ruled that price-fixing in...