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ARTICLE · 01 OCTOBER 2019

When Antitrust Meets Human Resources

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Partners Karen Hoffman Lent and Kenneth Schwartz take a look at the antitrust treatment of wage-fixing agreements and information exchanges among employer competitors

United KingdomAntitrust/Competition Law
Karen Lent
Karen Lent
Kenneth B. Schwartz
Kenneth B. Schwartz

Partners Karen Hoffman Lent and Kenneth Schwartz take a look at the antitrust treatment of wage-fixing agreements and information exchanges among employer competitors. They conclude that antitrust inquiries are detail-oriented and guided by nuances that disfavor a one-size-fits-all view of the matter.

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Previously published in the New York Law Journal

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