On September 9, the United States Department of Justice released a new policy memorandum entitled “Individual Accountability for Corporate Wrongdoing,” which is aimed at strengthening and prioritizing the Department’s pursuit of individual misconduct in the course of corporate investigations. The memorandum, issued by Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates, is the product of a “working group” of senior attorneys from multiple Department components and United States Attorneys’ Offices. The working group was convened to determine how the Department might “fully leverage its resources” to identify and pursue culpable individuals within corporations.