U.S. Antitrust Law Cartels and Criminal Enforcement “Part 1 U.S. Criminal Antitrust Framework” [Subtitles]

Wilson Soncini's Attorney Mark Rosman, who also served as Deputy Director of the Criminal Executive Department of the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Bureau, will explain the US Criminal Antitrust Law in all four episodes with examples.

In Part 1, I'll give you an overview of US antitrust law. This section describes the elements of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, the naturally unlawful acts, and the fines and penalties that may be imposed. It is useful for both those unfamiliar and those familiar with U.S. antitrust criminal law.

Mark Rosman, Partner

Mark Rosman is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and a member of the firm's antitrust practice. With nearly 20 years of experience as a trial attorney and prosecutor in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, Mark is well positioned to represent and counsel clients in connection with a variety of national and international antitrust matters, including cartel defense, criminal enforcement investigations, and merger and civil non-merger cases. At the U.S. Department of Justice, he served as Assistant Director of the Criminal Enforcement Division of the Antitrust Division, where he supervised a team of attorneys and police officers prosecuting numerous cartel cases and related violations, including violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), bribery, wire fraud, obstruction of justice and bribery. Previously, he served as Special Assistant to the Director of the Division of Enforcement, Office of Administrative Management, Antitrust Division, where he assisted the Director and Deputy Assistant Attorney General in criminal cases, business combinations and non-business combination civil cases. He also worked on numerous matters including amnesty, indictment recommendations, plea negotiations, immunity, investigations, and litigation development. He began his legal career in the Dallas office of the Antitrust Division.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Wilson Sonsini is a top-tier international law firm providing legal services to technology, life sciences and growth companies. The firm represents a wide range of startups to multi-billion dollar global companies (over 300 public and 3,000 private companies) in industries as diverse as biotechnology, telecommunications, digital media, energy, financial services, internet, medical devices, mobile, and software. Since its founding in 1961, the firm has operated in 16 offices around the world, including key technology, business, and regulatory hubs in the United States, China, and Europe. Widely recognized as a leading international law firm in competition law, Wilson Sonsini has offices in Washington, New York, Silicon Valley, and Brussels. The firm is uniquely positioned to assist clients in the most important corporate litigation, merger review, and cartel litigation. The attorneys on our antitrust team regularly advise clients on a variety of issues and compliance matters, including pricing, distribution, vertically restrictive conduct, standardization efforts, joint ventures, and patent pools. We have extensive experience representing U.S. and international clients in antitrust matters before the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, the European Commission and other competition regulators and courts.