Criminal Law

New Article Spotlight: Regulating the New Regulators: Current Trends in Deferred Prosecution Agreements
From SSRN.com: Peter Spivack and Sujit Raman of Hogan & Hartson LLP recently published Regulating the "New Regulators": Current Trends in Deferred Prosecution Agreements. Here is the abstract: Deferred prosecution and non-prosecution agreements are proliferating...

Major Shift, Justice Department Defers Corporate Prosecutions
Source: Crime and Justice News, April 9, 2008. "In 2005, federal authorities concluded that a Monsanto consultant had visited the home of an Indonesian official and, with the approval of a senior company executive, handed over an envelope stuffed with hundred-dollar bills...

Deferred Prosecution: Good for Companies Good for Government
There’s been much made lately over whether corporate monitors — lawyers assigned to supervise companies that strike deferred prosecution agreements with the government — should themselves be more closely monitored...

In Justice Shift, Corporate Deals Replace Trials
In 2005, federal authorities concluded that a Monsanto consultant had visited the home of an Indonesian official and, with the approval of a senior company executive, handed over an envelope stuffed with hundred-dollar bills...

Avoiding Their Day In Court
The Bush administration has increasingly employed so-called deferred prosecutions of American corporations accused of criminal liability, The New York Times reported. As an example, The Times points to a case involving the agricultural giant, Monsanto, where one of its consultants has been accused of trying to bribe an Indonesian official into weakening environmental regulations to help with the growth of the company’s cotton crops...

The FCPA Takes A Holiday
It's been a quiet time here at the FCPA Blog. Not much to report. That's not really a bad thing. We've had a chance to clean our desk, get our shoes shined, and pick on Wikipedia...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
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Prenuptial Agreements
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Uniform Pre-marital Agreement Act
Standard Prenuptial Law

Driving Record Checks
Get your Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) from your State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Online

Loan Agreement
Vernalis to pay Endo Pharmaceuticals $7 million settlement.

Merger Agreement Rejected
Finish Line and Genesco reach $175 million settlement in merger dispute.

Compound License
Palatin Technologies pays Competitive Technologies $800,000 agreement dispute settlement.

CIA
Department of Defense Sued by Veterans

Inmate Possessions
Washington Department of Corrections agrees to pay current and former inmates $75 each for donating or destroying personal property.

Department of Education Fraud
$4.25 million settlement to be paid in whistleblower lawsuit.