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U.S. v. Ng Lap Seng is a clear win for the Justice Department and marks the first time that a circuit court has applied the official act rule, which the U.S. Supreme Court established in McDonnell v. U.S., to the FCPA. "People on the defense side of FCPA cases have long felt that the agencies have taken a tremendously

ghtened standard of proving that a bribe was paid in exchange for an "official act" in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases. The decision in U.S. v. Ng Lap Seng is a clear win for the Justice Department and marks the first time that a circuit court has applied the official act rule, which the U.S. Supreme Co

f fairness that the law protects 'the interests of rich and poor criminals in equal scale, and its hand extends as far to each,'" he said, quoting a US Supreme Court decision. The ruling will likely lead to an increase in pre-trial incarceration for well-heeled foreigners caught up in US prosecutions. The decisi

house arrest option: defendants can go to an apartment they pay for, staffed with guards on their salary, to await their trials. Macau billionaire Ng Lap Seng, for example, paid a security firm staffed in part by former FBI agents to guard him in a Midtown Manhattan apartment while he awaited trial on corr

U.S. v. Ng Lap Seng is a clear win for the Justice Department and marks the first time that a circuit court has applied the official act rule, which the U.S. Supreme Court established in McDonnell v. U.S., to the FCPA. "People on the defense side of FCPA cases have long felt that the agencies have taken a tremendously

ghtened standard of proving that a bribe was paid in exchange for an "official act" in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases. The decision in U.S. v. Ng Lap Seng is a clear win for the Justice Department and marks the first time that a circuit court has applied the official act rule, which the U.S. Supreme Co

U.S. v. Ng Lap Seng is a clear win for the Justice Department and marks the first time that a circuit court has applied the official act rule, which the U.S. Supreme Court established in McDonnell v. U.S., to the FCPA. "People on the defense side of FCPA cases have long felt that the agencies have taken a tremendously

ghtened standard of proving that a bribe was paid in exchange for an "official act" in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases. The decision in U.S. v. Ng Lap Seng is a clear win for the Justice Department and marks the first time that a circuit court has applied the official act rule, which the U.S. Supreme Co

s at the defunct hedge fund are alleged to have told to investors. Read full article » High Court Nixes State Residency Reqs. For Liquor Licenses The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a Tennessee law that requires businesses to maintain residency for two years before receiving a ;",Law360 Pro Say Podcast

ire And Diplomat Avoids Prison A China-born naturalized U.S. citizen who facilitated bribe payments from incarcerated Macau real estate billionaire Ng Lap Seng to a former U.N. diplomat avoided prison Wednesday as a Manhattan federal judge credited her cooperation with prosecutors. Read full article » BA