DOJ Environment Boss to Target Corporate Employees for Jail Time

The Justice Department will prioritize prosecuting individuals who commit corporate environmental crimes, a top agency official said in what one attorney called a departure from traditional prosecutorial practice.

“Only individuals can go to jail, and we have found that criminal corporate accountability starts with accountability for individuals responsible for criminal conduct,” Todd Kim, the assistant attorney general for the department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, said in a speech to be broadcast at the American Bar Association’s National Environmental Enforcement Conference.

Kim’s pre-recorded keynote address, a component of the conference scheduled for Tuesday, was first made available to registrants ...