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26 Crim. Just. Sec. Newsl. 1 (2017-2018)

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Volume  26, No. 1 Fall 2017


      Annual Meeting Highlights

The American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section hosted
a wide array of programs and activities during the ABA Annual
Meeting on August 10-13 in NewYork, NY. Programs included
Annual Survey of Supreme Court Decisions, The Yates Memo
Turn Two -- A Survey of its Impact on Corporate Cooperation;
Responding to Cyber Attacks -- Data Sources in Data Breach
Investigations; The False Claims Act Post-Escobar; White
Collar Enforcement Trends Under the Trump Administration.

The   Criminal Justice Section  welcomed   the  Leader-
ship for 2017-2018,  under Chair Morris  Sandy Wein-
berg, Jr.  and  thanked   outgoing  Chair  Matt  Redle.

The ABA  House  of Delegates adopted ten new resolutions
related to criminal justice: 10B Abolishing Mandatory Min-
imum  Sentences; 10C Protecting the Criminal Justice Sys-
tem  by Limiting Immigration Enforcement  at Courthous-
es; 10D Protecting the Office of Global Criminal Justice
and U.S. Assistance to Prosecuting Atrocity Crimes; 112A
Adoption  of Criminal Justice Standards for Dual Jurisdic-
tion Youth; 112B Adoption of Revisions to Criminal Justice
Standards for the Prosecution and Defense Functions; 112C
Pretrial Release and Cash Bail; 112D Abolition of Cash Bail
for Juveniles; 112E Urges Policies Prohibiting the Solitary
Confinement  of Juveniles; 112F Urges policies allowing in-


dividuals to petition to expunge certain criminal justice re-
cords that did not result in conviction; 112G Urges policies
allowing for the expungement  of convictions for actions
performed  in public spaces associated with homelessness.


        CJS   in  Brazil:  Second Global
White Collar Crime Institute A Success

The ABA  Criminal Justice Section hosted a one and a half day
institute in Sio Paulo, Brazil in June 7-8, 2017, at the Law Offic-
es of Trench Rossi Watanabe. The Section brought the energy
and excitement of our previous global white collar crime insti-
tute in Shanghai (2015) and created unique opportunities for the
participants to network and explore the legal complexities of
white collar crime in the growing Latin American legal market.

The keynote address was given by Edson Oliveira de Almei-
da, Associate Prosecutor General, Federal Prosecution Ser-
vice, Brasilia., Brazil. Panel topics included: A Prosecutor's
View  of Global White Collar Crime from  Investigation to
Sentencing, Navigating Cross Border  Government   Inves-
tigations and Prosecutions, Trends Regarding Global An-
ti-Corruption Enforcement, A View of Global White Collar
Crime  From the Bench, Preparing for the Globalization of
Corporate  Internal Investigations, and Navigating Glob-
al Compliance Trends  and Global  Enforcement  Priorities.

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