By Rebecca Guiterman Last week, the Second Circuit upheld Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction and 20-year sentence. On appeal, one of the questions presented was whether Mr. Epstein’s non-prosecution agreement (NPA) with the United...
Releasing Corporate Monitor Reports after a Non-Prosecution Agreement
By: Sara Kropf Peter Henning of the New York Times White Collar Watch published an interesting piece on February 8 about the confidentiality of reports filed by corporate monitors after a non-prosecution agreement against a company. The article describes a recent...
Collateral Damage: FCPA-Related Non-Prosecution Agreement for Hewlett-Packard Leads to Civil RICO Lawsuit
By: Sara Kropf A non-prosecution agreement is a wonderful thing. But it may not mean the end of the woes for a company under government investigation. Hewlett-Packard (HP), the California-based technology firm, and its Mexican subsidiary, HP Mexico, entered into an...
Newsflash! DOJ Says It Wants To Prosecute Corporate Executives But It Is Ok Not To Prosecute Companies
By: Sara Kropf Two recent appearances by high-ranking Department of Justice officials make clear that the target on corporate executives’ backs isn’t going away any time soon. On May 3, 2013, the Criminal Division’s Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman...