Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein announced a revision of the “Yates Memo” concerning credit a company will receive for cooperating with an investigation. Instead of an “all or nothing” approach, the new policy permits a company to “identify all individuals substantially involved in or responsible for the misconduct at issue.” More about this change … Continue Reading
Many may view a C plea to mean a Corporate Plea. Used infrequently, a C plea restricts discretion of a federal district judge to sentence a criminal defendant. When one federal judge expressed his concerns about a proposed C plea for a pharmaceutical company, he changed the result. In an article published by the American … Continue Reading
A federal judge rejects healthcare company’s “C” plea as not good enough. Lessons from this decision apply to any healthcare provider trying to negotiate a specific sentence with the federal government. A summary of the judge’s criticism follows a short background about a C plea. Types of Guilty Pleas Federal Criminal Rule 11(c)(1) governs plea agreement procedure. It … Continue Reading
