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
On August 24, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision that announced a new and important limitation on the application of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)....more
On August 24, 2018, nearly 18 months after hearing oral argument, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision in United States v. Hoskins, that significantly limits the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”)...more
The Situation: In United States v. Hoskins, the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") charged a foreign national who worked in France for a British subsidiary of a French company with conspiring to violate the Foreign...more
Over the years, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) has expanded beyond U.S. issuers and domestic concerns to cover foreign companies and foreign individuals. The Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and...more
On August 24, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a significant ruling regarding the reach of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) over foreign companies and individuals in United...more
The U.S. Department of Justice has long taken an expansive view of the territorial reach of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Indeed, the FCPA Resource Guide specifically states that foreign nationals and companies...more
On August 24, 2018, in a rare appellate decision interpreting the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the FCPA), a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a long-awaited decision in U.S....more
Prosecutors in the District of Connecticut have appealed a district court’s ruling that conspiracy and aiding and abetting charges cannot be used to extend the FCPA’s jurisdictional reach. The FCPA has three...more
A recent federal decision has dealt a blow to the Department of Justice’s theory of accomplice liability under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). In United States v. Hoskins, No. 3:12cr238, 2015 WL 4774918 (Aug. 13,...more
Court rules that the US Department of Justice cannot expand the FCPA’s reach simply by charging non-resident foreign nationals with conspiracy....more