The Department of Justice (DOJ) lost its third jury trial in its mission to secure criminal convictions against companies and executives accused of labor-side antitrust violations on.
Department of Justice DOJ lost its third jury trial in its mission to secure criminal convictions against companies and executives accused of labor-side antitrust violation, when jury in Maine acquitted four home healthcare staffing executives of violating Section 1 of Sherman Act.
The indictment alleges the managers agreed to pay workers $15 to $16 per hour and pressured other home health agency operators to do so as well, but the state reimbursed agencies significantly more.