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The Role of the State Attorney General - Nicholas Smyth - Spring 2022
Resource 8 . 2

Philip Mattera and Anthony Kay Baggaley, Bipartisan Corporate Crime Fighting by the States (2019) (Supplemental Research)

Nicholas Smyth,
James E. Tierney,
Peter Brann

This is a comprehensive report on the impact of state attorney general cases based largely on the data contained in the Nolette data base. Please read pp. 1-17 (no need to review the Appendix).

Philip Mattera and Anthony Kay Baggaley, Bipartisan Corporate Crime Fighting by the States (2019)

Of note: Banks and other financial services companies account for far and away the largest monetary share of penalties paid in multistate AG cases—$70 billion from 122 settlements involving 65 different parent companies. In second place is the pharmaceutical industry with $10.4 billion in penalties from 137 settlements.  The total amount of penalties was $106 billion.

Philip Mattera and Anthony Kay Baggaley, Bipartisan Corporate Crime Fighting by the States (2019) (Supplemental Research)

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