Antitrust Counseling, Audits, Investigations and Compliance Programs

The Williams Mullen Antitrust Group regularly advises clients in all areas of their businesses that are touched by the antitrust laws, providing prompt and effective counseling on pricing issues, distribution arrangements, the creation of joint ventures, benchmarking, refusals to deal, exclusive dealing arrangements, tying agreements, dealer terminations and trade association activities.

Our Group also has extensive experience performing antitrust audits, conducting internal investigations, and preparing antitrust compliance programs for clients in a wide variety of industries. Our antitrust attorneys provide antitrust counseling services to clients of all sizes, from smaller privately-held entities to large Fortune 100 companies. We have also assisted clients in responding to governmental antitrust investigations, both merger-related and non-merger related.

Our counseling services have included:

• Advising public and private company clients on compliance with the DOJ/FTC Guidelines on Collaboration with Competitors, the Statements of Enforcement Policy in Health Care and the Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property
• Creating antitrust compliance programs, manuals, policy statements and antitrust presentations for numerous private and public companies, including Fortune 100 companies
• Assisting clients in obtaining regulatory approvals from the DOJ Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission for proposed conduct, including Business Review Letters/Advisory Opinions
• Advising clients on how to comply with the antitrust laws when engaged in benchmarking activities and appropriate trade association conduct
• Conducting internal investigations for clients involving possible antitrust violations and responding to governmental investigations
• Assisting in the creation of physician hospital organizations, messenger models and integrated provider networks