Employee Liability for Corporate Misconduct – Elizabeth Warren Style: Can Negligence Become Criminal?

September 18, 2019  |  The Insider: White Collar Defense and Securities Enforcement

Since the last financial crisis and the resulting increased scrutiny on business entities, companies involved in suspected corporate misconduct repeatedly have paid massive fines to resolve criminal charges. Alongside high-profile announcements by the government of multi-million- and billion-dollar recoveries has been a near constant refrain from politicians and commentators that prosecutors have been lax in pursuing individuals in connection with large corporate malfeasance. [...]

Employee Liability for Corporate Misconduct - Elizabeth Warren Style: Can Negligence Become Criminal?