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US: DOJ to alter policy on naming execs in bid-rigging, price-fixing cases

By  |  April 15, 2013

The US Department of Justice will reportedly change its policy on publically releasing the names of some executives who have not been charged in price-fixing and bid-rigging cases. The move would change a practice deemed unfair by businesses that has been in use for more than ten years; four categories of employees are currently identified by corporate plea agreements – those accused of the wrongdoing, those who refuse to cooperate, those who the government has not yet collected all the evidence against, and those who may have information regarding the case but have not been located. Under the policy change, only those accused of wrongdoing will be named, while anyone under the other three categories will not.

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