A Fair Day’s Wage for a Fair Day’s Work: DOJ Scores First Guilty Verdict in a Wage-Fixing Case
By EsqSocial Corporation 17/04/25
After many attempts, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ or Division) has scored the first guilty verdict on a wage-fixing case. For years, the Division has prosecuted wage-fixing and no-poach agreements with little success, but they remained adamant that labor-related price-fixing and market allocation are as illegal as price-fixing and customer allocation. The incoming heads of US antitrust enforcement have taken up the mantle and supported the claims, and now a jury has...
By: McCarter & English, LLP