John Buretta Serves as Editor of Lexology Getting The Deal Through’s “Government Investigations 2022”
August 19, 2021
Cravath partner John D. Buretta served as editor of Lexology Getting The Deal Through’s eighth edition of “Government Investigations,” which was published on August 10, 2021. John authored the Global Overview, which noted the growing complexity and number of government investigations across industries and subjects, and the United States chapter, which summarized the domestic legal framework for civil and criminal investigations of corporate entities, including initiation of an investigation, evidence gathering and investigative techniques, cooperation and resolution.
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