Kathryn Hellings works as a partner with Hogan Lovells, based out of their Washington, D.C., office. After spending more than a decade handling international criminal investigations as a Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutor, Katie Hellings has developed a practice representing corporations and individuals in white collar criminal investigations, with a primary focus on international cartel and corruption investigations.
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On 5 January 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the Non-Compete Clause Rule. The proposed rule, if adopted, would effectively ban the use of non-competes with employees by making the use of such non-competes a violation of Section 5 of (...)
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On 31 October 2022 the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ or the Division) announced that the president of a Montana paving and asphalt contractor pled guilty to one count of violating Section 2 of the Sherman Act for attempting to monopolize the market for highway crack-sealing (...)
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In remarks made during a panel discussion at the ABA’s National Institute on White Collar Crime on 2 March, Antitrust Division Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard Powers said that the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (the Division) is prepared to bring criminal charges against (...)
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On 25 February the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted a statement of interest in a Nevada State court lawsuit filed by a group of anesthesiologists alleging that non-compete provisions in their employment agreements with Pickert Medical Group violate state law. DOJ did not weigh in (...)
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On 17 February, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division (Antitrust Division) announced that it is launching a joint initiative with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to “deter and prosecute those who would exploit supply chain disruptions to engage in collusive conduct.” (...)
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The division is poised to launch a new strike force aimed at criminal antitrust violations in the public procurement arena. A notice published in the Federal Register identifies a proposed "Procurement Collusion Strike Force complaint form" designed to "facilitate reporting by the public of (...)
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"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim (Delrahim) for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (the Division or DOJ) called on the words of Benjamin Franklin as he detailed a historic change to the DOJ leniency program. (...)
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On 29 April 2019, the Hong Kong Competition Commission (’HKCC’) published the Cooperation and Settlement Policy for Undertakings Engaged in Cartel Conduct (’Cooperation Policy’). In essence, the Cooperation Policy expands HKCC’s Leniency Policy, published in November 2015, just before the full (...)
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The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica – CADE) and the Federal Court of Accounts of Brazil (Tribunal de Contas da União – TCU), entered into a cooperation agreement on 27 December 2018 as part of a joint effort to fight violations of the (...)
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Au fur et à mesure que les juridictions criminalisent les cartels qui violent le droit de la concurrence et augmentent leur coopération avec les autres pays, la menace de l’extradition dans les affaires mondiales de cartel devient de plus en plus une réalité. Les extraditions réussies, (...)
