US DOJ seeks to expand criminal antitrust initiatives
By Alex Wilts and Khushita Vasant ( September 23, 2025, 00:19 GMT | Comment) -- The US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division is signaling a more aggressive approach to criminal antitrust enforcement through the launch of a whistleblower-rewards program and potential changes to its leniency policy. The initiatives appear aimed at expanding the division’s pipeline of criminal cases, which has diminished in the last decade.Officials at the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division handed out flyers during last week's busy slate of antitrust conferences to advertise its new whistleblower program — the latest indicator the agency wants to expand its pipeline of criminal cases, which has diminished in the last decade....
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