The Antitrust Division's Leniency Program is its most important investigative tool for detecting cartel activity. Corporations and individuals who report their cartel activity and cooperate in the Division's investigation of the cartel reported can avoid criminal conviction, fines, and prison sentences if they meet the requirements of the program.
FAQs
January 26, 2017
Leniency Policies
August 10, 1993
August 10, 1994
Model Leniency Letters
November 20, 2018
Model Corporate Conditional Leniency Letter
November 20, 2018
Model Individual Conditional Leniency Letter
July 24, 2019
Model Dual Investigations Conditional Leniency Letter (used when the corporate leniency applicant is a subject, target, or defendant in another Antitrust Division investigation)
November 19, 2008
Model Dual Investigations Acknowledgement Letter for Employees
Leniency Applications
For details on making a leniency application, see the Frequently Asked Questions.
To make an application or to request a leniency marker, contact the Division's Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Enforcement or the Division's Director of Criminal Enforcement.
Leniency Policy Speeches
February 25, 2010
"The Evolution of Criminal Antitrust Enforcement Over the Last Two Decades"
May 1, 2008
Scott Hammond on Stolt-Nielsen
October 18, 2005
Cracking Cartels with Leniency Programs
November 22, 2004
Cornerstones of an Effective Leniency Program
August 12, 2003
March 8, 2001
November 21, 2000
Detecting and Deterring Cartel Activity Through an Effective Leniency Program
September 12, 2000
Fighting Cartels - Why and How?: Lessons Common to Detecting and Deterring Cartel Activity
February 16, 1999
April 1, 1998
The Corporate Leniency Policy: Answers to Recurring Questions