How the Proposed Amendments to the Organizational Sentencing Guidelines Will Affect Corporate Compliance and Ethics Programs

On April 29, 2010, the U.S. Sentencing Commission (“Commission”) submitted to Congress proposed amendments to, inter alia, the sentencing guidelines applicable to business organizations (“Organizational Guidelines”) in Chapter 8 of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual (“U.S.S.G.”). The amendments, unless Congress acts to the contrary, will become effective on November 1, 2010...