Security News in Brief: Departments of Justice and Labor Strengthen Partnership to Protect Workers

Source: United States Department of Justice News

The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and the Labor Department signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) today to strengthen the partnership between the two agencies to protect workers from employer collusion, ensure compliance with the labor laws and promote competitive labor markets and worker mobility. The objectives of the President’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy will be supported by this continued partnership.

Security News in Brief: Law Enforcement Cooperation Between United States and Mexico Leads to Mexican Takedown of Significant Human Smugglers

Source: United States Department of Justice News

Extensive bilateral cooperation between the United States and Mexico resulted in the Mexico Attorney General’s Office “Fiscalía General de la República” (FGR) conducting a significant enforcement operation to dismantle a prolific transnational human smuggling organization operating in Nogales, Sonora, along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Security News in Brief: Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission to Hold Joint Spring Enforcers Summit

Source: United States Department of Justice

The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will cohost a Spring Enforcers Summit on April 4. Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter and FTC Chair Lina M. Khan, as well as senior staff from both agencies, will facilitate discussions on modernizing merger guidelines and interagency collaboration. The summit will be held in a hybrid format, with international enforcers and state Attorneys General participating both in-person and virtually. Throughout the day, the agencies will livestream several panel discussions and interviews to the public. The Enforcers Summit agenda and viewing instructions are available at https://www.justice.gov/atr/events/spring-2022-enforcers-summit.