Antitrust Enforcement Panel Hashes Out Current Priorities And Recent Changes To Antitrust Division Policies

Here in sunny Miami, Arnold & Porter partner Andre Geverola led a panel this morning on the evolving world of antitrust enforcement. We were lucky to hear from Acting Assistant Attorney General Richard Powers, who laid out some of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division's current priorities, as well as to hear insights from private practitioners Heather Nyong'o and Brent Snyder.

Here's a few takeaways:

• The Antitrust Division currently has a historically high number of criminal cases in litigation. Several of the pending cases involve alleged labor market conspiracies, which have led to some interesting constitutional challenges to the Sherman Act. The Division in recent years also has been bringing more challenging cases, at times without having the benefit of cooperators who admitted guilt to the charged offense. We'll be watching closely to see how those cases turn out. Stay tuned.