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DOD Suspensions and Debarments Are Dramatically Up: Check Your Compliance Program

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 10.26.07

The cumulative FY07 statistics for Army, Navy, Air Force, and DLA are 64 % higher, 1096 actions versus FY06's 667 actions. All DOD suspension and debarment officials have become more aggressive, making it all the more important for defense contractors to have effective internal controls designed to prevent noncompliance.

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 08.25.26

DOJ Signals Increased Antitrust Scrutiny of Algorithmic Pricing in Willow Bridge Decision

Algorithmic pricing tools commonly used by businesses to increase efficiency and profits are under increasing antitrust scrutiny. This summer, federal regulators, state attorneys general, and state legislatures grappled with competing businesses providing nonpublic, competitively sensitive data to common algorithmic platforms. The Third Circuit deepened an emerging circuit split with the Ninth Circuit on algorithmic pricing liability, reviving antitrust claims against Atlantic City casino-hotels in a decision with direct implications for any company that uses a common pricing platform. See Crowell’s recent client alert. And New Jersey enacted two landmark laws—the FAIR Act and the Fair Price Protection Act—directly regulating algorithmic rent-setting and surveillance pricing. See Crowell’s recent client alert....