DOJ’s Kim Vows Focus On Corporate Crime, ‘Sector-Wide’ Civil Enforcement

Todd Kim, who leads the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Environment & Natural Resources Division (ENRD), plans to prioritize corporate environmental crimes as well as “sector-wide” civil enforcement as part of efforts to “encourage and incentivize compliance with environmental laws” by regulated entities. “I want to stress that enforcement of the criminal provisions of the environmental laws is a priority for me,” Kim said in Dec. 14 remarks to the American Bar Association’s virtual National Environmental Enforcement Conference. “Vigorous criminal enforcement...