US considers easing prosecution tactics for corporate cases
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The Justice Department is considering scaling back tough policies used to prosecute scandal-plagued corporations, legal tools criticized as unfairly pressuring companies and employees to cooperate in investigations.
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Officials said the investigators lacked the authority to offer the deals and that they could complicate efforts to prosecute the companyâs employees.
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Spurred to action by a wave of scandals that rolled through corporate America and the mutual fund industry, the Securities and Exchange Commission could slow its aggressive rulemaking pace in coming months as internal dissension and outside pressures intensify.
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Independent probe might throw some top executives overboard.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is promoting a legal standard that would make it harder for shareholders to win fraud lawsuits against companies and executives.
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US authorities are working on a ``back-door&#39;&#39; prosecution of Conrad Black, former Hollinger International Inc. CEO, the Sunday Times reported, citing unidentified legal experts.
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Proposed law suggests fines, jail sentences for guilty parties.
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The US Justice Department has agreed to defer prosecution of Computer Associates International Inc. (CA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) in its long-running investigation of accounting fraud
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A probe into BP PLC's trading and safety standards is expected to come closer to resolution Thursday when the US Justice Department seeks indictments against up to four former of the company's traders, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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The U.S. Justice Department will defer  prosecution of Computer Associates International Inc. CA.N in  its long-running probe of accounting fraud at the software  maker, a source close to the company said on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON  - Lawyers for the Russian oil giant Yukos made their first appearance in a US court, as the company made a last-ditch effort to avert a weekend auction of its major asset.
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As the political rhetoric heats up in the United States over illegal immigration ahead of the November congressional elections, a quieter battle is being waged in courtrooms.
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China is to make it easier to fight intellectual property right crimes, a move that may ease U.S. concerns over rampant copying of movies, software and other goods that Washington says costs businesses billions of dollars a year.
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President Bush tried to give fresh impetus Thursday to federal limits on class-action lawsuits, an important issue for many conservatives who say frivolous litigation hurts businesses.
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Companies and lawyers say the Justice Department is using coercive tactics as a bludgeon to force cooperation with corporate investigations.
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The move will delay the reduction in reported profits for many companies, and may give them more time to lobby Congress to stop the rule from taking effect.
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Proposed revisions to a landmark 2002 anti fraud law will include relaxing some rules for small public companies in a bid to curb what they say have been excessive costs related to audits, the Securities and Exchange Commission's accounting chief said yesterday.