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  • Raytheon
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    RTX and Raytheon: A case study in juggling four compliance monitors

    2025-03-24T16:06:00Z

    In October 2024, aerospace and defense company Raytheon and parent company RTX reached a $950 million settlement with U.S. government agencies to resolve multiple federal law violations. More significant than the criminal penalties were the four compliance monitorships that came with the agreements. 

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    DOJ official defends use of DPAs amid criticisms

    2023-02-17T18:58:00Z

    Deputy Assistant Attorney General Lisa Miller spoke to the value of deferred prosecution agreements to resolve corporate misconduct amid renewed criticism directed toward the Department of Justice’s 2021 agreement with Boeing.

  • Article

    Distilling Lessons From Recent Sanctions Cases

    2015-07-21T10:15:00Z

    The Justice Department clearly is prosecuting more companies for sanctions or export control violations: 15 enforcement actions since 2010, compared to only three in the prior three years. Inside, we’ve sifted out themes arising from those settlements to understand more about what factors regulators weigh when resolving charges and how ...

  • Blog

    Anti-Corruption Groups Challenge the SFO on DPAs

    2015-06-24T11:45:00Z

    Image: Title: GreenA number of well-known anti-corruption activists, such as Transparency International and Corruption Watch, are urging David Green, director of Britain’s Serious Fraud Office, to rethink replacing criminal charges with deferred prosecution agreements. The group warns that if DPAs are offered, that will allow banks and other companies to ...