Whistleblowers

The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division recently introduced a Whistleblower Rewards Program that offers financial incentives for reporting antitrust-related crimes, marking a significant development in the Division’s longstanding enforcement framework....

By: Robert Connolly (Cartel Capers) In this new post for Cartel Capers, author Robert Connolly (Cartel Capers) shares his insight on the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s newly announced...

By: Robert Connolly (Cartel Capers) In this article, author Robert Connolly underscores the need for a criminal antitrust whistleblower statute by drawing attention to the success of whistleblower programs employed...

By: Robert Connolly (Cartel Capers) There are a number of reasons to expect  increased criminal antitrust enforcement in the new administration.  One reason may be the activity in the pipeline from the previous administration. The Antitrust Division has reported a very robust number of active grand jury matters. The Procurement Strike Force has been underway for […]

By: Michael W. Scarborough and Kevin Costello (Sheppard Mullin) Congress recently took two steps towards incentivizing private participation in federal cartel enforcement:  the permanent adoption of ACPERA, and enactment of the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act.  While now companies may have permanent incentives to self-report cartel activity, and whistleblowing employees may be better protected from employer retaliation, no […]

Whistleblowers will be able to report suspected price-fixing online instead of showing up at the offices of the European Union’s antitrust regulators in an effort to make it easier for companies to come forward, reported Reuters. The European Commission’s leniency program, which rewards companies reporting either a cartel or providing evidence with reduced fines, has […]

EU antitrust regulators unveiled plans to help individuals to blow the whistle on cartels while protecting their identity, a move which may lead to more cases of wrongdoing being uncovered in the future. The European Commission, which currently relies on companies to alert them to cartels in exchange for no sanction, said the scheme is […]

The European Union’s antitrust chief says it is “a good thing” for corporate whistleblowers to alert authorities so that any possible corruption can be dealt with legally. Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager spoke on Monday before a verdict in a Luxembourg court later this week on appeals by two former accounting firm employees who were convicted […]