An Unusual Partnership: DOJ Antitrust Division Launches Joint Whistleblower Rewards Program With The Postal Service

On July 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ"), Antitrust Division (the "Division") announced a new Whistleblower Rewards Program (the "Program") in collaboration with two unlikely partners: the United States Postal Service, and the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General (collectively the "Postal Service"). The Program creates, for the first time in U.S. antitrust enforcement history, a monetary incentive for individuals to report criminal antitrust violations that result in monetary recovery or fines of over $1 million. In recent remarks from September 2025, Deputy Assistant Attorney General ("DAAG") for Criminal Enforcement Omeed Assefi reiterated the Division's more aggressive approach to criminal antitrust enforcement, signaling it as a priority area for antitrust enforcement.