Information from the public is vital to the work of the Antitrust Division. Your e-mails, letters, and phone calls could be our first alert to a possible violation of antitrust laws and may provide the initial evidence needed to begin an investigation.
To report antitrust concerns to the Antitrust Division:
If you do not think your concerns involve the antitrust laws, you may want to visit the Department of Justice site for more information or send an e-mail to AskDOJ@usdoj.gov.
Please keep in mind that the Antitrust Division is prohibited from giving legal advice to private individuals.
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If you have information about a possible antitrust violation or potential anticompetitive activity, use the following questions as a guideline to describe your complaint:
You may submit your concern by e-mail, regular mail, or phone.
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Citizen Complaint Center Antitrust Division 950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Room 3322 Washington, DC 20530 |
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1-888-647-3258 (toll free in the U.S. and Canada) or 202-307-2040 |
You may wish to review the following specific industry and event resource pages, and if appropriate, direct your questions, comments, or concerns to the corresponding Antitrust Division contacts.
Agriculture Workshops: See Agriculture and Antitrust Enforcement Issues in Our 21st Century Economy and send e-mails to agriculturalworkshops@usdoj.gov.
Concert Industry: If you have information about potential violations of the Final Judgment in United States v. Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. and Live Nation, Inc. or other anticompetitive conduct in the concert industry, please e-mail concert.industry@usdoj.gov.
Recovery Act: See Economic Recovery Initiative and if you encounter the “Red Flags of Collusion,” including bid rigging involving Recovery Act funds, send an e-mail to antitrust.complaints.recovery@usdoj.gov.
Real Estate: See Competition and Real Estate and send e-mails to RealEstateCompetition@usdoj.gov.
The Antitrust Division’s Citizen Complaint Center (CCC) handles complaints in the following way:
In some instances, the volume of mail, e-mail, and phone calls on a particular issue is so great that we cannot respond to each message individually. We would like you to know, however, that your views are important and all incoming correspondence is forwarded to the appropriate staff within the Antitrust Division for review.
Our Confidentiality Policy and Privacy Policy apply to all complaints received by the Antitrust Division.
Individuals or companies who (a) believe they may have been involved in criminal antitrust violations and (b) cooperate with the Antitrust Division can avoid criminal conviction, fines, and prison sentences if they meet the conditions of the Division’s Leniency Program.
Leniency application instructions, the Division’s corporate and individual leniency policies, model leniency letters, and other information regarding the Division’s Leniency Program are available on the Leniency Program page.
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