By Devlin Barrett
September 10, 2015
The Justice Department (click here) is renewing its efforts to charge individuals in corporate investigations, seeking to address long-running criticism, particularly from Democrats, that they treat executive wrongdoing lightly.
In the latest push, Justice Department officials issued a memo Wednesday to prosecutors outlining best practices and recommending that they only consider a company to have cooperated in an investigation if that company turns over information about the actions of individuals at the firm.
Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates plans to give a speech Thursday in New York detailing the new effort and the reasoning behind it....
September 10, 2015
The Justice Department (click here) is renewing its efforts to charge individuals in corporate investigations, seeking to address long-running criticism, particularly from Democrats, that they treat executive wrongdoing lightly.
In the latest push, Justice Department officials issued a memo Wednesday to prosecutors outlining best practices and recommending that they only consider a company to have cooperated in an investigation if that company turns over information about the actions of individuals at the firm.
Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates plans to give a speech Thursday in New York detailing the new effort and the reasoning behind it....
