Meet the Fokker: Continued Judicial Skepticism toward Deferred Prosecution Agreements
March 12, 2015 | The Insider: White Collar Defense and Securities Enforcement
In recent years, the Department of Justice has come to rely on Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) to resolve many high-profile investigations of corporate wrongdoing. Under DPAs, criminal charges are filed in district court, and prosecution is deferred pending a corporate defendant’s fulfillment of remedial obligations, including payments to the government. [...]