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The Shift to Prosecuting Companies Instead of Individuals

The Shift to Prosecuting Companies Instead of Individuals

Federal prosecutors have made a subtle but important shift over the last 30 years to prosecuting companies and institutions.

Potential Reasons for the Dearth of Prosecutions

Potential Reasons for the Dearth of Prosecutions

Alternative priorities and government ties to the conditions that caused the financial crisis could explain the lack of prosecutions.

The Department of Justice and the Prosecution of Fraud

The Department of Justice and the Prosecution of Fraud

The DOJ has excused the failure to prosecute high-level individuals for fraud on one or more of three grounds.

Why Have No High-level Executives Been Prosecuted?

Why Have No High-level Executives Been Prosecuted?

The Regulatory Review features the remarks of Judge Jed S. Rakoff, delivered at the Institute for Law and Economics’s Distinguished Jurist Lecture.

The Justice Department’s “Imminent” Decision on the Google-ITA Merger

The Justice Department’s “Imminent” Decision on the Google-ITA Merger

Justice Department decides whether to allow online search giant to buy leading travel search provider.