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<ul style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Limited the DOJ’s power to bring charges against corporations that defraud the government. Former Associate Attorney General Rachel <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/10/us/politics/legal-violations-federal-rules.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;">Brand instructed DOJ lawyers</a> to stop citing noncompliance with “guidance documents” as evidence that a violation has been committed. Guidance documents are interpretations of regulations that federal agencies provide to the industries they oversee to facilitate compliance. This change severely restricts the DOJ’s power to bring cases against corporations, especially for False Claims Act violations of defrauding the government. Brand’s former employer, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, celebrated the policy memo. Brand resigned shortly after releasing the memo to take the top legal post at <a href="https://news.walmart.com/2018/02/09/rachel-brand-joins-walmart-as-executive-vice-president-global-governance-and-corporate-secretary" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; outline: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;">Walmart</a>.</li></ul>