LAW594

Letter Grading

GPA LECTURE COURSES

COMPLIANCE: CORPORATE CRIMES will provide students with an intensive overview of how corporations are prosecuted, how corporations are often defended, and what corporations can and will do to avoid criminal prosecutions. The course will focus on real life cases, such as the BP oil spill. While the course will focus heavily on the criminal prosecutions of corporations for regulatory crimes dealing with the environment or public/worker safety, the course will also explore other common types of corporate criminal prosecutions such as violations of the antitrust laws and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Using case studies and simulation exercises, we will explore the targeting, investigation, and ultimate prosecution of corporations, the goals of such prosecutions, the rights of corporations and individuals within corporations, common defense tactics, the impacts of a corporation's compliance structure or risk management on such enforcement actions, and the negotiation process that often takes place in these cases.