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Are DOJ's No|Poach Prosecutions Getting Poached?


Justice Department Requires Knorr and Wabtec to Terminate ...

“The unlawful no-poach agreements challenged today restrained competition for employees and deprived rail industry workers of important ...

DOJ Launches 2 Criminal Prosecutions of Illegal No-Poach and ...

The DOJ's Antitrust Division has warned that it would bring criminal indictments against companies that enter into illegal no-poach or wage-fixing agreements.

DOJ Gives Up on Its Sole Remaining Criminal No-Poach Prosecution

Following a string of unsuccessful prosecutions in the labor space, the DOJ Antitrust Division moved this week to dismiss its last indicted ...

How Major Tech Firms Used Illegal “No-Poach” Agreements to ...

While the DOJ did not undertake a criminal prosecution in response to the no-poach agreements, it had the authority to do so under the Sherman. Act. The DOJ ...

Poaching Agreements in the Franchise Sector

Krotoski & Richard G. S. Lee, DOJ Antitrust Division Announces. Imminent Criminal Prosecution for 'No Poaching' Agreements, MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS. LLP (Feb. 6, ...

The Insider Blog | Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC

Are DOJ's No-Poach Prosecutions Getting Poached? April 18, 2023. Tax Day 2023: The IRS's Plan to Enhance Compliance. March 22, 2023. Fraud Section Report Helps ...

The Department of Justice's Treatment of No-Poach Agreements

“No-poach” agreements between competing employers, i.e., agreements not to solicit or hire each other's workers, have traditionally escaped extensive antitrust ...

No-poaching Agreements: Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200, Go ...

Keep a vigilant eye on suggestions from employers that the DOJ might consider to be anti-competitive practices. The prior prosecutions reached antitrust ...

What is a no-poaching agreement, and why is it illegal?

It's not unheard of for employers to prevail in cases brought by the DOJ regarding no-poaching agreements if they could show that they weren ...

Enforcement guidance on wage-fixing and no poaching agreements

Enforcement guidance on wage-fixing and no poaching agreements ... being a party to an offence and may be prosecuted under section 45.

DOJ Suffers Rare Acquittal From the Bench in Fourth Criminal No ...

In the latest setback in the Department Justice Antitrust Division's (DOJ) attempts to prosecute “no-poach” agreements criminally, a federal judge acquitted ...

With DOJ's focus on wage fixing and no poach agreements, non ...

(2) preclude companies from hiring or soliciting each other's employees without justification (no poaching agreements). The Antitrust Guidance ...

DOJ Loses First Wage-Fixing and No-Poach Cases as Juries Acquit

The agencies warned the business community: “Going forward, the DOJ intends to proceed criminally against naked wage-fixing or no-poaching ...

Expect Continued Law Enforcement Focus on No-Poach ...

no-poaching agreements.” That intention was reaffirmed in September 2019 by the then-assistant attorney general of the Antitrust Division of the ...

No-Poach Antitrust Litigation in the United States - Chicago Unbound

... law,2 the recent wave of no-poach cases can be traced back to the 2010 Department of Justice lawsuit against. Apple, Google, and other major ...

Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission Release ...

Going forward, the Justice Department intends to criminally investigate naked no-poaching or wage-fixing agreements that are unrelated or ...

No Poaching, Employment Practices, and Antitrust - HeplerBroom LLC

In these cases, the FTC or Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice obtained consent decrees after alleging that the competitors ...

Franchise No-Poach Clauses Under Scrutiny - The Temple 10-Q

Franchise systems, and many licensing arrangements, contain anti-poaching provisions. These provisions are being tested under the antitrust laws as being ...

UK Competition and Markets Authority Advises Employers

The guidance warns employers that no-poaching agreements, wage-fixing agreements, and information sharing concerning the terms and conditions of employment may ...

DOJ Antitrust Head: No 'Chickenshit Club' Despite Losses

... charges that they sought illicit nonsolicitation deals with competitors to prevent their employees from getting poached. That case was also ...