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There was plenty to ponder when looking for the biggest FCPA stories from last year. The flurry of enforcement actions in January before the transition in Washington to a new Administration.… Continue Reading
Career prosecutor and current Deputy AG Sally Yates authored one the most important DOJ policy papers in decades — the Yates Memo, also known as the DOJ’s Individual Accountability Policy.
The September 2015 Yates Memo can be downloaded here (pdf).… Continue Reading
When I was asked last week during a TV interview if I once believed I could do wrong with impunity, I responded, “I never thought about getting caught.” Now, almost ten years after my last criminal act, comes the Yates Memo.… Continue Reading
Judge Jed Rakoff above, Prof Brandon Garrett belowIn the February 19 edition of the New York Review of Books, federal judge Jed Rakoff of the southern district of New York reviews Brandon Garrett’s book, Too Big to Jail: How Prosecutors Compromise with Corporations.… Continue Reading
As the New Year kicks into full swing, I decided to take a retrospective look at the last several years of individual FCPA enforcement actions. Looking through on a year-to-year basis, a not entirely surprising trend began to emerge: the number of men prosecuted by the Department of Justice for violations of the FCPA outnumbered women.… Continue Reading