Fewer Corporate Prosecutions: A More Effective Approach?

Law360, New York (February 14, 2012, 1:50 PM EST) -- On Aug. 28, 2008, Deputy U.S. Attorney General Mark Filip announced revised U.S. Department of Justice guidelines on prosecuting business organizations.[1] This announcement predated by a few weeks Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s Sept. 15, 2008, bankruptcy filing and the ensuing collapse of world financial markets. Now, two years later, a review of corporate prosecution indicates that under the Filip memorandum, the DOJ has frequently declined to prosecute firms whose executives committed financial crimes....

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