LAW 987
Business Crime
Business & Tax Law, Criminal Law and Policy
This course provides an introduction to the field of business crime. We interrogate the key statutes governing organizational misconduct. Class time is dedicated to fraud and corruption (domestic and foreign), corporate criminal liability, and money laundering. We also scrutinize the policy rationales for applying criminal law to individuals and firms in the business context and the justifications for the assertion of federal jurisdiction over conduct that is already criminalized by state statutes. Special attention is given to the relevant procedural, evidentiary, and ethical rules that influence the contemporary practice of federal government agencies and law firms in investigating and adjudicating business crime.