Individual accountability for corporate wrongdoing
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- The Justice Department issued new policies in a memorandum to federal prosecutors nationwide on Wednesday September 9, 2015 that prioritize the prosecution of individual employees -- not just their companies -- and put pressure on corporations to turn over evidence against their executives. The new rules are the first major policy announcement by Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch since she took office in April. The memo is a tacit acknowledgment of criticism that despite securing record fines from major corporations, the Justice Department under President Obama has punished few executives involved in the housing crisis, the financial meltdown and corporate scandals.
Description
| Available from some providers with title: | Memorandum for Assistant Attorney General |
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| Type of resource | text |
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource (7 pages). |
| Place | District of Columbia |
| Place | Washington, D.C. |
| Publisher | U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Deputy Attorney General |
| Publication date | 2015; September 9, 2015 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Yates, Sally Quillian, 1960- |
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Subjects
| Subject | Criminal liability > United States |
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| Subject | Corporations > Employees > Legal status, laws, etc |
| Subject | Executives > Legal status, laws, etc |
| Genre | Text |
| Genre | Legal memorandums |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | from: Sally Quillian Yates, Deputy Attorney General. |
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| Note | "Memorandum for the Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, the Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, the Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, the Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, the Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Director, Executive Office for United States Trustees, all United States Attorneys. |
| Location | electronic resource |
| Location | electronic resource |
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