Respected DOJ veteran Scott Hammond leaves the agency

(November 19, 2013) -- Scott Hammond, who rose through the ranks over a 25-year career to become Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Enforcement in the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, will be jumping to the private sector to be a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Hammond is widely praised for his work in the Department, especially for his central role in crafting the Division’s Leniency Program, which allows corporations and individuals to voluntarily disclose their cartel activity to the Division and then to avoid prosecution in certain situations....

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