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Womble Bond Dickinson attorney Michael E. Clark serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Corporate Criminal Liability (3rd edition), a multi-volume treatise published by Thomson Reuters. Corporate Criminal Liability is a comprehensive guide to understanding criminal liability of corporations and their officers and directors.

The 2,700-page guide:

  • Explains how the general principles of criminal law apply in the corporate setting,
  • Presents strategies to minimize liability, and
  • Analyzes in detail the critical components of liability under various federal statutes that may impact businesses, including RICO, CERCLA, RLRA, the Hobbs Act, the Hatch Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Topics covered include:

  • Schemes to defraud, sensitive domestic payment, and offenses related to Internal Revenue Code violations
  • Obstruction of justice
  • Perjury and false statements
  • Environmental crimes
  • Interpretation of acts of wrongdoing regardless of intent
  • Bribery and gratuity
  • Major tax crimes
  • Corporate slush funds

Michael E. Clark is an accomplished litigator who had years of experience in the federal government before entering private practice. Before private practice, he was an Assistant District Attorney in Galveston County, Texas. After that, he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, where he was selected to be a chief of its Financial Fraud Division and then was elevated to be the chief of its Criminal Division. Mr. Clark represents clients in complex civil litigation, handling False Claims Act investigations and cases, internal investigations, and represents businesses, C-suite officers and directors, and professionals in white collar investigations and prosecutions. He is a sought-after speaker and writer who has had various leadership positions within the American Bar Association and Federal Bar Association. Mr. Clark has authored many book chapters and dozens of published articles, has taught trial and deposition skills for NITA, and has been an Adjunct Law Professor for several years.

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