The Business Law Section’s Director and Officer Liability Committee conducted a program at the Section’s Spring Meeting in Montréal. The program focused on the recent Yates memorandum of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ),...more
8/19/2016
/ Commercial Insurance Policies ,
Cooperation ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Executives ,
Corporate Officers ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Individual Accountability ,
Internal Investigations ,
KPMG ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Self-Reporting ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Yates Memorandum
The DOJ’s Yates Memo makes individual prosecutions a higher priority and makes a company’s own identification of potentially culpable individuals an explicit factor in assessing cooperation credit....more
9/14/2015
/ Corporate Fines ,
Corporate Governance ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
DPA ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
Proffer Agreement ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Wells Notice ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Willful Misconduct