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Follow on Google News | GeyerGorey Partner Robert E. Connolly Presented on Antitrust/Competition Law ComplianceBy: GeyerGorey LLP Maintaining compliance with antitrust regulations is a major concern of companies operating in today’s globalized business environment, as both governmental and civil society scrutiny and the costs of litigation continue to increase. In addition to ensuring compliant behavior among all staff and suppliers, Mr. Connolly’s presentation stressed the importance of maintaining comprehensive documentation regarding the pro-competitive reasoning behind corporate decisions. The maintenance of this ‘paper trail’ can be a critical factor in avoiding antitrust litigation and/or defeating antitrust suits that are filed. “It is critical that companies understand that the burden of proof to file an antitrust suit is not very high, and just a few questionable emails or memos could lead to years of costly litigation,” Robert E. Connolly became a partner at GeyerGorey in 2014 where he specializes in criminal antitrust, white collar crime investigations, compliance training and civil antitrust. Prior to his joining the private sector he served in the Antitrust Division, United States Department of Justice for 32 years starting in 1980. During that time he gained significant experience as a prosecutor in all aspects of criminal antitrust and government fraud investigations, grand jury practice and prosecutions. Mr. Connolly’s work included high-profile DOJ criminal cartel investigations in the ocean shipping and graphite electrodes industries. In addition to his work at the Department of Justice, Mr. Connolly was a Kramer Fellow at Yale University in 1989-1990 and held the position of adjunct professor of antitrust law at both Rutgers-Camden Law School and Drexel’s Earle Mack School of Law. End
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