In the News Today – October 15, 2018
DOJ Official Says Department Wants Prosecutors With Compliance Experience: The head of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division laid out a new policy regarding how DOJ decides to impose monitorships on companies, and also said the Department should hire more prosecutors with compliance experience. (Law360)
“Breaking Down The Prop 65 Trial That Has Starbucks On Edge”: A Law360 feature piece looks into the upcoming legal battle over whether coffee companies in California should have to pay penalties over alleged violations of the state’s Proposition 65 law. At the center of the issue is whether a chemical that is naturally created in the coffee roasting process violates the law. (Law360)
