The United States pursues more successful corporate criminal enforcement actions against large multi-national firms than any other country, collecting enormous penalties and occupying center stage in the global enforcement arena. U.S. dominance draws its horsepower and its torque from two sources.  The first, of course, is an extremely broad and easy to apply corporate liability rule: respondeat superior.  Under this rule, corporations are liable for all crimes committed by their employees in the scope of employment with some intent to benefit the firm. The second is the power granted to prosecutors to negotiate and settle cases, most often through … Read more