Antitrust Compliance
Providing Proactive Antitrust Advice
for Southeast United States Companies
GA • FL • SC • NC • AL • TN
Large, medium and small corporations alike may unintentionally run afoul of the complex array of federal antitrust and trade regulation laws. Our firm offers pre-emptive counseling and consulting on specific issues regarding the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the Robinson-Patman Act and other laws governing domestic or foreign trade. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Vaughan & Murphy represents clients throughout the state of Georgia and across the Southeast United States, including Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee. In addition to renowned defense in criminal antitrust and civil antitrust litigation, we provide compliance programs and annual training and continuing education with the goal of avoiding criminal exposure and civil liability under the antitrust and trade regulation laws. Our firm is also available to consult with corporations and executives about specific antitrust advice needed in connection with a wide variety of business arrangements including joint ventures.
Keeping Clients out of Court
Taking a proactive approach has paid dividends for many of our clients, particularly those in market sectors where the law is "gray." Examples include representing health care providers in establishing a "messenger model" applicable to rate setting and analyzing proposed joint ventures to ensure that these arrangements fall within the requirements of the antitrust laws.
Vaughan & Murphy is available to consult with or make presentations to executives or employee groups regarding the legal requirements of the antitrust and trade regulation laws as they may impact a specific company's business in a particular industry.
Leniency and Amnesty
We also educate clients about the Department of Justice's leniency policy. Corporations and individuals can avoid criminal charges and sentences by availing themselves of the Antitrust Division's Leniency program. Because the Antitrust Division rewards only the "first-in-the door" under its Leniency program it is critical that timely, candid and thorough reporting of criminal activity be undertaken. Our experience with the program and professional relationships with attorneys in the Antitrust Division are factors to be considered in selecting counsel to navigate clients through the Leniency program minefield.
Contact the knowledgeable and widely respected Georgia antitrust lawyers of Vaughan & Murphy for pre-emptive counseling and consulting about antitrust compliance and Leniency program issues.
