Justice Department officials continue to endorse the use of deferred prosecution agreements.

The deferred prosecution agreement has thus become an example of the way that American law can reach beyond the country's borders.

There may be a particularly good reason to exercise this sort of authority when the parties come to court with a deferred prosecution agreement.

Its China subsidiary will be subject to the two-year deferred prosecution agreement as well.

The deferred prosecution agreement relates to the March 2002 incident (see above).

The case was settled under a deferred prosecution agreement.

It also signed a deferred prosecution agreement to resolve criminal charges.

A deferred prosecution agreement is a less severe punishment than criminal charges.

The company instead entered into a deferred prosecution agreement and paid $1.92 billion to the U.S.

The deferred prosecution agreement is being worked out under a process known as a pretrial diversion.

Jenkins signed a deferred prosecution agreement, receiving probation and community service.

In January, each side presented the judge with written arguments defending the deal, known as a deferred prosecution agreement.

The bank has also agreed a "deferred prosecution agreement" with US authorities.

It also signed a five-year deferred prosecution agreement to prevent a trial over the affair.

Rambold entered a three-year deferred prosecution agreement in July 2010.

That deal also included a deferred prosecution agreement.

Shroff had asked prosecutors to consider a deferred prosecution agreement for her client.

Both companies entered into a deferred prosecution agreement.

Under the deferred prosecution agreement, an independent monitor will monitor the three companies for two years.

Under its deferred prosecution agreement, the company will pay $29.6 million in fines, restitution and penalties.

The newspaper said federal prosecutors and representatives of the bank had held preliminary talks about a deferred prosecution agreement.

Mr Quattrone reached a deferred prosecution agreement rather than face a third trial.

The deferred prosecution agreement puts those charges on hold as long as the company sticks to the terms.

The deferred prosecution agreement would be filed simultaneously.

Daimler and its China unit will enter a two-year deferred prosecution agreements, the source said.

Google paid $500 million in late August as part of a non-prosecution agreement.

Barclays got a non-prosecution agreement and paid $453 million in penalties.

He said the non-prosecution agreement demonstrates the "unprecedented nature of the bank's cooperation."

It reached a non-prosecution agreement with U.S. federal prosecutors in 2005.

Quest also entered into a non-prosecution agreement with the United States.

The company’s former chief executive entered into a non-prosecution agreement for his role in the backdating and died a short time later from cancer.

Barclays previously entered into a related, non-prosecution agreement and agreed to pay around $450 million in penalties.

Such a settlement, following the receipt of a target letter, would typically be a deferred-prosecution or non-prosecution agreement.

PartyGaming has since paid a forfeit of $105m as part of a non-prosecution agreement.

Wabtec entered a non-prosecution agreement with the DoJ last year.

Wells agreed to pay fines and restitution to federal and state agencies in return for a non-prosecution agreement.

In light of that, the Justice Department stepped up its use of deferred and non-prosecution agreements.

Barclays entered into a non-prosecution agreement with the Justice Department, pursuant to which it agreed to pay $160 million.

""These banks are getting a non-prosecution agreement.

The government gave Dr. Gilman a non-prosecution agreement, meaning they will not bring criminal charges against him.

Stryker made no payment but entered a non-prosecution agreement with the government and cooperated with prosecutors.

Diamondback paid more than $9m in fines and penalties and signed a non-prosecution agreement to settle with prosecutors.

A junior UBS trader is co-operating under a non-prosecution agreement.

Instead, these sources said, the agency wants to negotiate separate deals with these banks, possibly deferred-prosecution or non-prosecution agreements.

Training to stop those practices is among the many components of the non-prosecution agreement Goodwin's office reached with Alpha in December.

The SEC said both firms have agreed to cooperate with the agency and have entered into non-prosecution agreements.

The agreement with the SEC is the first non-prosecution agreement the agency has entered in the foreign bribery context.

Barclays, which signed a non-prosecution agreement with US prosecutors, is the first major bank to reach a settlement in the Libor investigation.

The settlement also included a three-year non-prosecution agreement, the hiring of a corporate monitor, and an agreement they would cooperate with the government's ongoing fraud investigation.

The parent company UBS entered into a non-prosecution agreement which required the bank to pay a fine and "admit and accept responsibility for its misconduct."