It’s been a popular, if inaccurate, story line over the last few years that corporate executives are rarely held responsible for misconduct that occurred on their watch. That neither the government, ...

A recent article in Law360 sparked a vigorous conversation among members of Pietragallo’s white collar practice group about the current state of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) evolving ...

Mary Jo White and Andrew J. Ceresney, in their inaugural Federal and State Securities Enforcement column, write that several provisions passed into law under Sarbanes-Oxley were intended to advance ...

The Yates memorandum, the severe Department of Justice policy that introduced individual accountability as a focus of government investigations, has just been revised to accommodate greater efficiency ...

On Tuesday, the jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty in the death of George Floyd. Chauvin was deemed guilty on all three charges: second-degree unintentional murder, ...

Why should this concern white-collar professionals? In September 2022, the Deputy Attorney General, Lisa Monaco, reminded prosecutors that individual accountability remains the DOJ's "first priority." ...

The Individual Accountability Framework ("IAF"), introduced in December 2023 is one of the most significant regulatory developments in Ireland in recent years. The IAF seeks to promote sound ...

In a recent webinar hosted by Becker’s Hospital Review, Scott Regan, founder and CEO of Atlanta-based execution management and strategic planning software company AchieveIt, shared tips for creating a ...

Your editorial on accountability for the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home deaths substitutes the punishment of individuals for the full, forward-looking accountability for a system failure that would illuminate ...

Nurse and patient safety is critically important to all clinical leaders. Yet, safety practices frequently result from policies that are created when it’s too late – after a preventable event has ...