The United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) recently passed several amendments to the advisory Sentencing Guidelines (effective November 1, 2010), some of which are relevant to the sentencing of organizations. Significantly, the USSC amended the guidelines that define for awarding organizations credit at sentencing based on an effective compliance and ethics program. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Ethics’
Recent U.S. Sentencing Guideline Changes of Interest to Corporations, their Directors and Officers
Posted on November 12th, 2010 by David Smith
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich convicted of just one of 24 counts
Posted on August 17th, 2010 by Sam Kauffman
A Northern District of Illinois federal jury, after fourteen days of deliberations, reached a decision on only one of twenty four counts brought against former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. The jury found Blagojevich guilty of count 24 which alleged that Blagojevich violated 18 U.S.C. §1001(a)(2) by telling the FBI on March 16, 2005 that: (i) he tried to maintain a firewall between politics and government; and (ii) he did not track, or want to know, who contributed to him or how much they were contributing to him. (more…)
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