Federal Civil Penalties Set to Increase Significantly, Many Present Retroactivity Concerns

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Federal Civil Penalties Set to Increase Significantly, Many Present Retroactivity Concerns

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Matthew Martens, Reg Brown and Daniel Kearney discuss rules adopted by many federal agencies that significantly increase the maximum civil monetary penalties they can potentially impose in this article published by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation.

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