The Lone Star State certainly has an independent streak but it is not going it alone with respect to restraints of trade impacting government procurement. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton revealed on Thursday that the state had joined the Procurement Collusion Strike Force of the Department of Justice’s antitrust division. Also in Tipline, Charles River Associates hires a top economist from the Antitrust Division.
Attendees of the Federal Bar Association’s annual Qui Tam Conference gained valuable insights from one of DOJ’s top False Claims Act enforcers last month. Commercial Litigation Branch Deputy Assis...