Justice Dept. Is Going After ‘No-Poach’ Agreements

The Justice Department will soon announce criminal enforcement actions against companies that have “no-poach” agreements, the agency’s top antitrust cop said today.

[caption id="attachment_65530" align="alignright” width="311"][Image "" (src=https://biglawbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/GettyImages-681547738.jpg)]Makan Delrahim speaks during his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing to be Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images[/caption]

“We’ve been very active” in reviewing potential violations of the antitrust law that take the form of agreements not to compete for workers, said Makan Delrahim, the DOJ’s assistant attorney general for the antitrust division, at a conference sponsored by the Antitrust Research Foundation at George Mason ...