To avoid the impact of a guilty plea or a conviction on a pending civil antitrust suit,a criminally accused defendant is most likely to plead ______.

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To avoid the impact of a guilty plea or a conviction on a pending civil antitrust suit, a criminally accused defendant is most likely to plead nolo contendere (no contest). Because this plea technically is interpreted as avoiding a conviction, a civil plaintiff is left with the burden of proving the antitrust violation.

To Avoid the Impact of a Guilty Plea or a Conviction