Kathy Osborn

Dec 20, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Kathy Osborn

The FTC and the DOJ jointly announced the withdrawal of the Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors, which previously outlined the agencies’ approach to analyzing collaborations when competitors or potential competitors come together. In the agencies’ view, the Collaboration Guidelines no longer reflected the “evolution” of antitrust law addressing collaborations involving competitors and relied in part on withdrawn and stale policy statements.

Feb 7, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Anna Behrmann |Kathy Osborn

With the increased use of collaborative communication tools in the modern workplace, businesses must be cognizant of their obligations to preserve chat messages in government investigations and enforcement actions. The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission have released new guidance to this effect.

Apr 7, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Alicia J. Batts |Anna Behrmann |Kathy Osborn

In March 2023, the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (DOJ) announced that five additional directors have resigned from four corporate boards in response to the DOJ’s efforts to enforce prohibitions against so-called interlocking directorates. In addition, the DOJ’s efforts led to one company declining to exercise its board appointment rights to seat a would-be offending director.