DoJ Shifts Policy on Corporate Prosecutions, Individual Culpability
Image: Representing a potential sea change in how the Justice Department approaches corporate prosecutions, a new policy memo stresses the importance of individual prosecutions. The memo, by Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, appears to be a reaction to widespread criticism that in the wake of the financial crisis the Justice ...
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