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Southern District of New York Judge Lewis Kaplan’s decision striking down the Justice Department’s policy embodied in the “Thompson Memo” that pressures corporations, by threat of indictment, to cut off legal fees to “culpable” employees, was widely publicized and acclaimed. But according to Arnold & Porter’s Irvin B. Nathan and Michael S. Lewis, it may ultimately produce little change in the real world of white-collar criminal defense because companies will be unlikely to risk alienating prosecutors.

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Southern District of New York Judge Lewis Kaplan’s decision striking down the Justice Department’s policy embodied in the “Thompson Memo” that pressures corporations, by threat of indictment, to cut off legal fees to “culpable” employees, was widely publicized and acclaimed. But according to Arnold & Porter’s Irvin B. Nathan and Michael S. Lewis, it may ultimately produce little change in the real world of white-collar criminal defense because companies will be unlikely to risk alienating prosecutors.

Popularity: 1% [?]