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US: Delrahim’s DoJ says no-poach cases are in the works

By  |  January 23, 2018

The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust chief said Friday, January 19, that the division has a handful of criminal cases in the works over agreements by companies not to hire each other’s workers, signaling that a focus of the Obama administration is continuing, according to Bloomberg.

“We’ve been very active” in reviewing potential violations of the antitrust law that take the form of agreements not to compete for workers, said Makan Delrahim, the DOJ’s assistant attorney general for the antitrust division, at a conference sponsored by the Antitrust Research Foundation at George Mason University in Virginia.

“In the coming couple of months you will see some announcements,” he said.

In October 2016, the DOJ issued an “ Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals.” “Agreements among employers not to recruit certain employees or not to compete on terms of compensation are illegal,” the guidance said. It also reminded companies that repercussions from such an antitrust violation can include criminal prosecution.

Full Content: Bloomberg BNA

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