1-12.000
Coordination of
Parallel Criminal,
Civil, and Administrative Proceedings
The Attorney General issued a Memorandum on July 28, 1997,
requiring
a system for coordinating the criminal, civil and administrative
aspects
of all white-collar crime matters within every United States
Attorney's
office and each Department Litigating Division. The system should
contain management procedures to address issues of parallel
proceedings
including:
- timely assessment of the civil and administrative potential in
all
criminal case referrals, indictments, and declinations;
- timely assessment of the criminal potential in all civil case
referrals and complaints;
- effective and timely communication with cognizant agency
officials,
including suspension and debarment authorities, to enable agencies
to
pursue available remedies;
- early and regular communication between civil and criminal
attorneys
regarding qui tam and other civil referrals,
especially
when the civil case is developing ahead of the criminal
prosecution; and
- coordination, when appropriate, with state and local
authorities.
The Attorney General has further directed that appropriate staff in
each
office receive comprehensive training regarding parallel
proceedings
utilizing a course of instruction and training materials to be
developed
by the Council on White-Collar Crime and the Office of Legal
Education.
The full text of this Memorandum is in the DOJ Organization and Functions Manual at
27.
| June 1998
| USAM Chapter 1-12
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