On August 12, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in a 2-1 decision affirmed the decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut to partly overturn the conviction of Lawrence Hoskins...more
8/23/2022
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In the recent, long-awaited decision in United States v. Hoskins, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected the expansive interpretation of FCPA jurisdiction over foreign individuals put...more
The United States has taken several recent steps towards normalizing its ties with Cuba and, just yesterday, the two countries re-opened embassies in each other’s capitals for the first time since 1961. Despite these...more
7/21/2015
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Cuba ,
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Embargo ,
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Injunctions ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Paris Convention ,
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