Corporations play an important role in today's world. Often regarded as" the centerpiece of a
free-market capitalist economy," their presence and influence reach almost every corner of …

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

In 2002 the United States indicted Arthur Andersen, one of the major accounting firms in the
nation at that time, causing Andersen's downfall.'Since that time, prosecutors have been …

The increasing use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) to resolve corporate
criminal liability represents an abuse of prosecutorial discretion because DPAs 1) fail to …

Deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) and non-prosecution agreements (NPAs) are
proliferating. In the four years between 2002 and 2005, prosecutors and major corporations …

Under US federal law, a corporation can be held criminally liable for the crimes of its
employees and agents. The Department of Justice's US Attorneys' Manual lays out a list of …

Abstract Non-prosecution agreements (" NPAs") and deferred prosecution agreements ("
DPAs") are popular tools for United States Attorneys' Offices responding to corporate crime …

Corporate deferred prosecution agreements (DPA) and nonprosecution agreements (NPA)
are on the rise. So are their critics. Despite the other options federal prosecutors have for …

In response to the broad scope of the Enron-era frauds, the federal government has adopted
novel strategies to manage the complexity of corporate criminal investigations. Chief among …

According to the US Department of Justice, Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs)"
occupy an important middle ground between declining prosecution and obtaining the …