The U.S. Sentencing Commission issued several amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines in 2010. Among the amendments are two that deal specifically with corporations or “organizational defendants.”
The first amendment changes the presumption that a compliance program is not effective where senior executives are somehow involved in the charged criminal conduct, while the second clarifies the standard for determining whether a corporate compliance program is effective. We highlight these key amendments, and their practical impact, below.
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