November 30, 2021
A Texas federal court declined to toss the U.S. Department of Justice's first criminal charges over an alleged wage-fixing agreement, rejecting contentions that there's not enough precedent to criminally prosecute that type of activity.
August 23, 2021
The U.S. Department of Justice must provide specific amounts of pay that was suppressed and other details in order to pursue wage-fixing charges that can be defended against, the first defendant ever charged criminally for that conduct told a Texas federal judge Friday.
August 04, 2021
A trial in the U.S. Department of Justice's first ever criminal prosecution of alleged wage-fixing agreements will happen in April 2022, a Texas federal judge decided Tuesday.
August 02, 2021
The U.S. Department of Justice and executives of a former physical therapist staffing company filed their first joint motion asking a Texas federal judge for an early December trial date in the government's first ever criminal prosecution of alleged wage-fixing agreements.
July 19, 2021
The U.S. Department of Justice told a Texas federal court that federal prosecutors never promised not to charge the former director of a physical therapist staffing company with criminal wage-fixing violations in exchange for his cooperation.
June 24, 2021
The U.S. Department of Justice is defending its first criminal wage-fixing case from a dismissal bid, pointing to the Supreme Court's recent ruling on college athlete compensation, along with earlier cases the government says show that "wage fixing is price fixing."
June 21, 2021
The former owner of a physical therapist staffing company accused U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors Friday of breaking their promise not to charge him in their first criminal wage-fixing case, arguing he's never been given an explanation of where his cooperation fell short.
May 26, 2021
The former owner of a physical therapist staffing company moved Monday to toss the antitrust charges against him in the government's first criminal wage-fixing case, telling a Texas federal court there's no precedent for criminal charges over that type of activity.
April 19, 2021
Two Texas businessmen have been hit with additional charges in a criminal case accusing them of conspiring with other companies in the home health arena to fix the salary they would offer physical therapists, after a federal jury returned a superseding indictment.
January 12, 2021
The U.S. Department of Justice last week lodged its first criminal indictment targeting agreements between companies to not solicit each other's employees, making good on a warning the agency's leadership has been sounding for more than four years. Here, Law360 looks at how antitrust enforcers' approach to violations in labor markets has evolved.