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Companies settling bribe cases should drill down in negotiations with US DOJ, former FCPA unit head says

By Richard Vanderford ( November 16, 2020, 23:01 GMT | Insight) -- Companies negotiating bribery resolutions can reap significant wins by "drilling down" into details about the sentencing guidelines during negotiations with the US Justice Department, the former head of the DOJ's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act unit said. "There's significant benefit to really drilling down on guidelines calculations and finding areas where there's ambiguity, or really finding areas where prosecutors can exercise discretion," Patrick Stokes said.Companies negotiating bribery resolutions can reap significant wins by "drilling down" into details about the sentencing guidelines during negotiations with the US Justice Department, the former head of the DOJ's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act unit said. ...

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