DOJ Takes Heat Over Prosecution Deal Oversight

By Jessica Dye (June 19, 2009, 12:00 AM EDT) -- Members of the U.S. House of Representatives suggested Thursday that oversight of deferred- and no-prosecution agreements, such as orthopedic product company Zimmer Inc.'s DPA, belongs in the courts, not with the U.S. Department of Justice, raising serious questions about what checks exist over the DOJ's broad authority in steering the out-of-court corporate deals....

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