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Aiding and Abetting Criminal Convictions

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Play to Win: Judge Overturns FCPA Guilty Verdict

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Key Takeaways - Connecticut District Court Judge Arterton on February 26, 2020, granted a post-trial motion to acquit Lawrence Hoskins of one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA and six counts of violating the FCPA. ...more

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Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - April 2020

This issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between October 2019 and January 2020. ...more

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Court Reverses Foreign National’s FCPA Conviction, Setting a High Bar to Establish an Agency Relationship

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A ruling issued on Wednesday, February 26 by a Connecticut federal court details the type of control necessary to find that a foreign national acted as an agent of a U.S. domestic concern for purposes of falling within the...more

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Federal judge provides reminder that fraudulent mass tort litigation can carry criminal, as well as civil, consequences

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Recently, a Mississippi federal judge provided a heartening reminder that, while it may seem all too often ignored, fraud in the mass tort context can carry serious—indeed, criminal—consequences. As we discuss below, victims...more

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Alstom SA executive found guilty of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations

CEP Magazine (January 2020) - After years of appeals and a two-week trial, a jury found former Alstom SA executive Lawrence Hoskins guilty of six counts of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), three counts...more

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Conviction of Foreign Employee Reinforces Broad Geographic Reach of FCPA

Last week, a jury found a former executive of a French multinational company guilty of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, money laundering, and conspiracy in connection with alleged bribery in Indonesia....more

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Investigations Newsletter: Patient Recruiter Convicted in $1.3 Million Kickback Conspiracy Scheme

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Patient Recruiter Convicted in $1.3 Million Kickback Conspiracy Scheme - After a six-day trial, a federal jury in Detroit found a patient recruiter guilty of one count of conspiracy to pay and receive health care...more

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N.Y. Appellate Court Scopes Out Liability: Using Criminal Convictions in Employment

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York Court of Appeals’ ruling on questions regarding the use of criminal convictions in hiring will impact employers and may impact the background screening industry, the temporary staffing...more

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