Antitrust Chronicle^® – Corporate Compliance

Dear Readers,

Compliance programs are, by definition, the first line of defense against antitrust violations. Yet compliance programs raise inherent conflicts of interest. To what extent can one expect the hunter to be the groundskeeper?

This is the inherent dilemma to the treatment by regulators and courts of compliance programs in enforcement, fining guidelines, and countless other contexts.

The pieces in this Chronicle address this perennial dilemma in light of recent experience in numerous j