Topic
Deferred Prosecution Agreement
208 published works
FCPA Professor
Regarding Dismissal Of Criminal FCPA Charges
By Mike Koehler
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement has existed for approximately 50 years. From time to time, criminal charges that are brought are dismissed. In some instances, a judge dismisses the charges…
International Trade Insights
Chief Engineer Admits to Criminal Violation in Relation to the Francis Scott Key Bridge Casualty
By Julie Maurer, Benjamin Nashed, Serena Tang
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced on June 18, 2026 that the chief engineer aboard the M/V Dali at the time of the March 2024 Francis…
Legal Profession Blog
Deferred Prosecution Set Aside
A recent complaint filed by the Illinois AdministratorOn October 17, 2022, at approximately 9:40 p.m., Respondent was driving in them area of Arlington Heights Road and Golf Road in Arlington…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
A Concrete Standard of Judicial Review for Corporate Deferred Prosecution Agreements
By Kaleb Byars
Earlier this year, Judge Reed O’Connor made headlines when he rejected a plea agreement between the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Boeing. O’Connor rejected the agreement because it required the…
Criminal
New co-operation guidance issued by the SFO
By Janey Gallacher, Andrew Reeves (UK), Stuart Neely (UK), David Harris (UK), Neil O’May (UK), Katie Stephen (UK), Emily Smith
The SFO’s new cooperation guidance SFO Corporate Guidance - GOV.UK (published on 24 April) updates the SFO’s original cooperation guidance published in 2019 and comes ahead of the new failure…
Latham.London
Key Takeaways From the SFO’s New Corporate Guidance
The updated guidance puts a heavy emphasis on self-reporting and clarifies how corporates under investigation can earn cooperation credit from UK prosecutors. By Pamela Reddy, Clare Nida, Annie Birch, and…
Corporate Governance and Compliance
New SFO Corporate Guidance
By Katie Stephen (UK), Andrew Reeves (UK), Stuart Neely (UK), David Harris (UK), Catherine Pluck (UK)
On 24 April 2025, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) published new guidance for firms about self-reporting, co-operation and Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) - a timely development in light of the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"An Equilibrium Model of Deferred Prosecution Agreements"
The title of this post is the title of this new paper now on SSRN authored by Brian Grenadier and Steven R. Grenadier. Here is its abstract: Deferred prosecution agreements…
Business and Commercial
“An Equilibrium Model of Deferred Prosecution Agreements”
The title of this post is the title of this new paper now on SSRN authored by Brian Grenadier and Steven R. Grenadier. Here is its abstract:Deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs)…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"Prosecution Deferred"
The title of this post is the title of this recent article available on SSRN authored by Shima Baradaran Baughman and Taylor Broadbent. Here is its abstract: Deferred prosecution agreements…