U.S. judge imposes own monitor in ZTE plea deal

March 30, 2017 | BY

Katherine Jo &clp articles

In a rare move, the Texas judge rewrote the plea agreement to name his own independent corporate monitor in the ZTE sanctions case, substituting the DOJ's authority with the court's

By Sue Reisinger, Corporate Counsel

 

The Texas judge that recently signed the plea deal in which ZTE Corp. admitted to a conspiracy to sell U.S. surveillance equipment to Iran took what appears to be an unprecedented step: He rewrote the plea agreement to name his own independent corporate monitor, and to substitute his court's authority for that of the U.S. Department of Justice in several instances.

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