The potential for abuse that flows from the use of deferred and non-prosecution agreements
should be addressed by restricting the discretion of individual prosecutors. This Note argues …

US corporate criminal enforcement policy allows prosecutors to enter into deferred and
nonprosecution agreements (D/NPAs) that impose corporate reform mandates on firms with …

All of the punishment, none of the guilt. What's not to like about deferred prosecution
agreements for corporations? Prosecutors get another choice for disposing of a corporate …

A recent federal appellate court ruling offirst impression permits the resolution of allegations
of serious corporate criminal wrongdoing by way of an Alternative Dispute Resolution …

The default mode of American federal corporate criminal law enforcement today is the
deferred prosecution agreement (" DPA")., These guiltyplea-esque settlements allow …

When most people hear that Bernie Madoff, who recently plead guilty to eleven counts of
fraud and money laundering in connection with the sixty-five billion dollar scheme he …

In resolving allegations of corporate wrongdoing, the Department of Justice (" DOJ") has a
variety of tools at its disposal. These tools include indictment, negotiated plea agreements …

Judge Kaplan's sharp criticism of the government's tactics in the July 2006 KPMG decision,
United States v. Stein, highlighted the federal prosecutorial policy, embodied in the so-called …

The tale of Arthur Andersen's demise can still bring chills to many in corporate America. The
entity's operational days are a memory, but its story lives on as an infamous example of the …

Deferred prosecution agreements have become common in the corporate sphere. 3 The
corporation and government reach an agreement which provides that a prosecutor will not …