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  • January 4, 2016 | New York Law Journal

    Deferred Prosecution Agreements in Decline? Enforcement Implications

    In their White-Collar Crime column, Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan Sack address two recent developments that reflect a significant shift in attitude toward the role of deferred prosecution agreements. First, courts have subjected DPAs to increased scrutiny, in some cases casting doubt on the prosecutorial judgment that led the government to enter into the DPA. Second, in September 2015, the DOJ adopted new measures "to strengthen [its] pursuit of individual corporate wrongdoing."

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  • April 6, 2015 | Business Crimes Bulletin

    Judicial Oversight of Corporate DPAs

    Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and a subsidiary of a Dutch aerospace technology company, Fokker Services B.V. (Fokker), reached an agreement to resolve charges that

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  • April 6, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

    Judicial Oversight of Corporate DPAs

    A recent decision raises interesting questions about the role of the judiciary in corporate criminal negotiations and settlements.

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  • September 12, 2014 | New York Law Journal

    Sentence Reduced to Remedy Injustice

    This column reports on several significant, representative decisions handed down recently in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Judge John Gleeson applauded the go

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  • April 1, 2014 | Corporate Counsel

    April 2014 Deals & Suits

    Suntory Beam Japanese whiskey and beer producer Suntory Holdings Ltd. is moving into bourbon. The family-owned company agreed on Jan. 13 to pay $13.6 billion in cash for Beam

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  • Lewis Brass and Copper Co. v. ABF Freight System, Inc., 13-CV-3251

    Publication Date: 2014-03-10
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
    Judge: District Judge John Gleeson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff by: Ian J. Frimet, Wexler Burkhart Hirschberg & Unger, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendants by: Barry N. Gutterman, Barry N. Gutterman & Associates, Brooklyn, NY.
    Case Number: 13-CV-3251

    Cite as: Lewis Brass and Copper Co. v. ABF Freight System, Inc., 13-CV-3251, NYLJ 1202645747850, at *1 (EDNY, Decided March 4, 2014) a

  • February 27, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    Big Suits

    U.S. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. On Jan. 7 JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to pay $1.7 billion to settle criminal charges by the U.S. Department of Justice t

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  • January 13, 2014 | National Law Journal

    High Court to Hear Copyright Battle Over Tiny TV Antennas

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday afternoon granted review in ABC v. Aereo, a high-stakes copyright dispute that could shake the television industry to its core. The case will likely b

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  • November 5, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Courts Push Back Against Government Deals With Companies

    We are accustomed to the outcome of civil and criminal investigations of suspected corporate misconduct. In civil enforcement proceedings, companies have entered into "neither admit nor

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  • June 11, 2008 | Legal Times

    DOJ Seeks Immunity for Ashcroft, Mueller

    Conference Call is prepared by the law firms Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Howe & Russell, which together publish the Supreme Court weblog. Tom Goldste

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