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Government,
Criminal

Sep. 25, 2015

Is DOJ violating its own policy?

Days after introducing 'new' corporate prosecution guidelines encouraging the prosecution of individuals, the DOJ announced another big settlement with an errant, but large corporation.

George B. Newhouse Jr.

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Richards Carrington

Email: george@richardscarrington.com

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The Department of Justice's timing was perfect - if not ironic. Literally days after announcing DOJ's "new" corporate prosecution guidelines, designed, the DOJ contends, to encourage the prosecution of individual defendants involved in corporate fraud, another big settlement with an errant, but large corporation was announced. General Motors and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York announced payment of a significant fine ...

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