Geyer Gorey Partner Robert E. Connolly Announces the Debut of His New Blog: “CartelCapers.Com"

WASHINGTON - June 5, 2014 - PRLog -- Robert Connolly recently joined GeyerGorey LLP as a partner in its Washington DC office.  As with other GeyerGorey “former feds,” Mr. Connolly was a career federal prosecutor in the Antitrust Division.  He was Chief of the Middle Atlantic Office of the Antitrust Division from 1994 until early 2013.  Mr. Connolly has just launched his blog, Cartel Capers: http://cartelcapers.com.

         While at the Division, and particularly as a senior manager as Chief, Mr. Connolly had a seat at the table as the Division developed and implemented its successful leniency program.   He also had input on all major aspects of policy and procedure in the criminal program such as investigative strategies, charging decisions, trial game plans, sentencing policy issues, and extradition.   Since leaving the Division, Mr. Connolly has been a prolific author writing a number of articles for the ABA Criminal Cartel and Procedure committee, Mlex and Law 360.  He has been quoted on cartel issues in Forbes, BusinessWeek, and various trade publications that focus on antitrust.  He has decided to try his hand at blogging to provide more real time news, insight and analysis.

         The blog, Cartel Capers, will provide current news in the cartel world.  The focus will be on matters concerning the Antitrust Division, US Department of Justice, but will also cover major cartel related developments in the civil arena as well as worldwide.  Besides reporting current developments, the aim of the blog is to provide insight and perspective from someone who worked at a high level in the Division for most of his career.  The blog will analyze what the Division said, and what it did not say; what the Division did, and what it did not do—and what the Division is likely to do in the future.  In short, the blog is intended to provide a behind the scenes look at the cartel world based on both personal experience and current contacts in the enforcement and broader antitrust community.

         The blog will be enriched by contributions from other career DOJ prosecutors now at GeyerGorey.  Hays Gorey, Joan Marshall and Brad Geyer will contribute both as editors and guest bloggers.  Each has prosecuted a variety of high profile cartel cases and related violations in their long careers with the Division.

         Please give Cartel Capers a try.  Hopefully you will benefit form reading the blog and look forward to new entries.  Also, any feedback or suggestions to make the blog more useful are most welcome.  Cartel Capers: http://cartelcapers.com.