Warren bills seek expanded criminal liability for executives
By 
Joe Mont2019-04-03T21:31:00
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has introduced one bill and reintroduced another seeking to hold executives of large corporations criminally responsible when their companies repeatedly violate federal law.
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