---
title: "Screen information exchanges between competitors"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/build-an-information-exchange-and-concerted-practices-screen/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A29-T1-R3-US"
practice_area: "Competition & Consumer Law (ACCC / ACL)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Screen information exchanges between competitors

> Table who exchanged information, whether it concerns price, output, wages or hiring, and how recent and how specific the notes say it was. Write no legal conclusion.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/build-an-information-exchange-and-concerted-practices-screen/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Competition & Consumer Law (ACCC / ACL)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Table who exchanged information, whether it concerns price, output, wages or hiring, and how recent and how specific the notes say it was. Write no legal conclusion. |
| What the lawyer must review | Sherman Act § 1 is the offence. The January 2025 FTC and DOJ guidelines on workers say information exchanges may indicate wage coordination, and that an agreement can be written or unwritten. The guidelines are the agencies' views. They are not a holding that every exchange of information is a crime. You decide whether the exchange is evidence of an agreement. Opinion 512: verify the table against the documents and do not put them in a public tool. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Build an information-exchange and concerted-practices screen](https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/build-an-information-exchange-and-concerted-practices-screen.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Table who exchanged information, whether it concerns price, output, wages or hiring, and how recent and how specific the notes say it was. Write no legal conclusion.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Do not treat an information exchange as automatic proof of an agreement.
- The worker guidelines are not a judgment in the client's case.

## Sources

- [15 U.S.C. § 1, Sherman Act section 1](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [FTC and DOJ, Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers (January 2025)](https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/p251201antitrustguidelinesbusinessactivitiesaffectingworkers2025.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [US antitrust compliance policy](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law/us-antitrust-compliance-policy.md) | Policy | Yellow | Company policy built around Sherman Act section 1 as opened, including the felony penalty.… |
| [Competitor contact and information-sharing protocol (trade associations, joint ventures, benchmarking and clean teams)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law/competitor-contact-information-sharing-protocol.md) | Policy | Yellow | Protocol for staff who deal with competitors: what must never be discussed or exchanged, rules for industry association meetings and benchmarking, a clean-team procedure for deal or joint venture… |
| [US clean team and information exchange protocol](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law/us-clean-team-protocol.md) | Policy | Yellow | A company protocol for who may see a competitor's information during a transaction or a collaboration. It does not decide that an exchange is lawful. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*