The SEC should be commended for its Release (No. 2006-4) (Release: http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2006-4.htm) (Chatman Thomsen Speech: http://www.sec.gov/news/speech/spch010406lct.htm ) on January 4, 2006 giving guidance on the imposition of financial penalties on corporations. This marks the first time the agency has given …

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In addition to holding that the guidelines are voluntary rather than mandatory, the Booker court directed sentencing courts to consider the Section 3553 factors in arriving at a sentence. Three recent decisions discuss 3553(a)(2)(C), which directs the court to consider …

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