US DOJ ROLLS OUT NEW POLICY TO STOP PILING ON
May 1st, 2018
The US Department of Justice is rolling out a new policy to prevent wrongdoers being charged for the same crimes by multiple agencies, so-called piling on. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the new policy, which will be incorporated into the US Attorneys’ Manual, May 9, encouraging coordination among DoJ departments and other enforcement agencies to avoid multiple penalties for the same misconduct. Speaking to a meeting of the USA White Collar Crime Institute, Rosenstein explained that piling on has become more common because modern ...
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