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USA v. Jindal
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.