US antitrust lawyers will remember Halloween 2022 as the day that criminal enforcement of Section 2 of the Sherman Act was resurrected. Norton Rose Fulbright partner Carsten Reichel describes how the Department of Justice Division secured a “near-perfect storm” of facts in its first criminal monopolization case in nearly a half-century and explores the obstacles the agency faces if it cannot secure a guilty plea.

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Special thanks to Law Clerk Marisa Madaras (Washington, DC) for her assistance in the preparation of this content.



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