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Bumble Bee CEO Convicted of Participating in Price-Fixing Conspiracy

Global companies are paying greater attention to criminal antitrust risks – and with good reason. We often dwell on the impact to a company of a major FCPA investigation. A global criminal antitrust investigation often in destabilizing given the mature global enforcement environment. Cartel members often have to respond to multiple

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Japanese Electrolytic Capacitor Manufacturer Sentenced to Pay $60 Million for Criminal Price-Fixing

The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division had a slow year in criminal antitrust cases. There are a number of explanations for the slowdown in criminal cases – the most persuasive is that such a slowdown is part of normal case processing ups and downs, especially as several significant investigations (e.g.