Up in the Air: Boeing’s Deferred Prosecution Saga Continues

January 9, 2025  |  New York Law Journal

Corporate deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) are a fixture of white-collar criminal enforcement.  They permit companies to resolve federal investigations without the need for a guilty plea.  Yet the benefits of corporate DPAs must increasingly be weighed against potential costs.  In their latest article for the NYLJ, “Up in the Air:  Boeing’s Deferred Prosecution Saga Continues,” Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello partners Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan S. Sack examine the DPA between the Boeing Co. and the DOJ in January 2021, which has led to complex and protracted legal challenges – initially from crash victims, who alleged procedural and substantive deficiencies in the DPA; and, more recently, from the DOJ, which has alleged that Boeing violated the compliance requirements of the DPA. 

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