End of the Year Brings A Burst of Settlements With Justice Department
Justice's Matthew Friedrich announces Siemens's guilty plea to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The German company recently agreed to pay $450 million in fines. (By Chip Somodevilla -- Getty Images)
The Justice Department has reached more than a dozen business-related settlements since the presidential election, with more in the pipeline for January, prompting lawyers and interest groups to assert that companies are seeking more favorable terms before the new administration arrives.
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