§ 1307 Appearance and plea by corporation.

When a company is charged with a crime, someone must show up in court on its behalf, usually a lawyer, to respond to the charges. A company cannot appear in person like a regular person would, so it has to act through legal counsel.

If the company does not send a lawyer to answer the charges, the court will automatically enter a "not guilty" plea for it. The case then moves forward the same way it would for anyone else. The company does not get special treatment or a pass just because it failed to show up. The court simply proceeds with the case as normal.