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09.20.07

A Survey on Corporate Criminal Liability

The Corporate Crime Reporter reports having taken a survey of white-collar criminal defense attorneys concerning whether we favor preserving corporate criminal liability.  According to the results of the survey, 20% would eliminate it altogether.  Of the 80% who believe it should be retained, apparently many suggested that corporate criminal liability should be "restricted or narrowed."

A cynic might observe that the 20% number consists of in-house counsel and the 80% number outside counsel who, while they rightly want to see more sanity in the process, don't want to lose the business.


by Jason Masimore