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Teasing Out Clawbacks and Deferred Payment Schemes – Who Should be Held Accountable and for How Much? (Part II of III)

Teasing Out Clawbacks and Deferred Payment Schemes – Who Should be Held Accountable and for How Much? (Part II of III)

The Justice Department did not just willy-nilly announce its embrace of clawbacks and deferred payment compensation punishment as a remediation tool for companies that suffer an enforcement action and settlement.  To the contrary, DOJ has been examining this issue, even citing it in important policy spheres and enforcement actions, as an important tool in its arsenal. Both the DOJ and the SEC have been weighing...