Example Corporate Criminal Liability After Arthur Andersen

Overview

Miriam Baer walks us through the history of corporate criminal liability in the United States, using the Arthur Andersen prosecution as a lens to examine how the government decides when — and how hard — to go after companies.

Topics Covered

• The Arthur Andersen indictment and its aftermath
• Deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs)
• The "too big to jail" problem
• Current DOJ enforcement trends

Guest Bio

Miriam Baer is a Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, where she writes and teaches on corporate crime, white-collar enforcement, and organizational theory.