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

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 …

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 …

Corporate Deferred Prosecution Agreements (" DPAs") are a distinctly American
phenomenon that has gained considerable traction-and caused significant controversy-in …

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 …

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

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

The use of deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) has quickly become the tool of choice
for federal prosecutors when adjudicating corporate misconduct. A DPA is a negotiation …

The use of deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) in cases of alleged corporate
criminality has increased exponentially in recent years in the United States. The United …