I want to thank my friend Jeffrey May of Wolters Kluwer Antitrust Law Daily for helping to get my new article, with Kimberly Justice, published. Below is the summary of the article by the Antitrust Law Daily with a link to the article itself.
STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES: Former Antitrust Division prosecutors say time is now for criminal antitrust whistleblower statute
By WK Editorial Staff
With the Republican Senate, new House Democratic majority, and the expected confirmation of William Barr as Attorney General, the political situation is now ripe for the adoption of such a statute.
2018 was a record-breaking year for the SEC and CFTC’s whistleblowing programs, but there was no story at the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division because there is no antitrust whistleblower statute, write Robert Connolly and Kimberly Justice, two former prosecutors with the Antitrust Division, United States Department of Justice. In their article, “The Political Stars Align for a Criminal Antitrust Whistleblower Statute,” they argue that the political situation is now favorable for the adoption of such a statute. The Republican controlled Senate has favored criminal antitrust whistleblower protection in the past, and the new House Democratic majority will be receptive to antitrust whistleblower legislation. Moreover, the expected confirmation of William Barr as Attorney General may swing the Justice Department behind a robust cartel whistleblower statute.
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Ms. Justice and I have a previous whistleblower related article published by Wolters Kluwer: It’s A Crime There Isn’t a Criminal Antitrust Whistleblower Statute
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