How to Reduce the Risk of Antitrust Claims

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1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Mountain
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Pacific

Cost

There is no cost to attend but registration is required.

Please join us for a CLE addressing the recently released DOJ guidance on Antitrust Compliance Programs.

On July 11, 2019, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice announced a key policy change that now permits the Division to consider the existence and efficacy of corporate compliance programs in its criminal enforcement investigations. The policy change was designed to encourage proactive and concerted efforts in antitrust compliance. With this change, the Division may now consider, during the charging stage in a criminal antitrust investigation, a company’s compliance program both at the time of offense and at the time of charging. This new policy also allows for a company typically not eligible for leniency under the Division’s Corporate Leniency Policy (whereby leniency is granted only to the first company to make full disclosure of antitrust violations to the government) to now potentially be able to obtain a deferred prosecution agreement, provided that it has in place a strong compliance program.

During the upcoming CLE we will examine this new policy with a focus on the following:

what should all organizations take away from this new policy?
what are the key elements of an effective antitrust compliance program?
how do you know if your current compliance program is “effective”?
how do you determine areas of antitrust exposure within your organization?

*CLE Credit for this webinar has been awarded in the following states: CA, IL, NJ and NY. CLE Credit is pending for GA, TX and VA. For all other jurisdictions, credit will be applied for but cannot be guaranteed. Please note that in order to receive full credit for attending this webinar, the registrant must be present for the entire session.