Epstein Secrets

utors' crackdown on insider trading. Level Global famously got its settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission refunded after a favorable Second Circuit ruling EFTA00161666 set a higher bar for insider trading cases. That ruling also overturned Level Global co-founder Anthony Chiasson's conviction.

lf." Perhaps the most highly anticipated FCPA trial was that of former Alstom SA executive Lawrence Hoskins. After years of litigation over whether Hoskins could be an "agent" of one of the parent company's subsidiaries, a jury ultimately decided that he was one when hiring consultants to bribe Indonesi

arges in Connecticut federal court that he set up a scheme to bribe Indonesian officials. The British executive's case led to an important ruling by the Second Circuit that said prosecutors can't charge a person with conspiring to violate the FCPA if the individual couldn't be charged with violating the law itself.

a person with conspiring to violate the FCPA if the individual couldn't be charged with violating the law itself. The effect is that prosecutors at Hoskins' trial will have to prove that the Alstom executive was an "agent" of the company's subsidiary. The trial itself will test what that term means in

arges in Connecticut federal court that he set up a scheme to bribe Indonesian officials. The British executive's case led to an important ruling by the Second Circuit that said prosecutors can't charge a person with conspiring to violate the FCPA if the individual couldn't be charged with violating the law itself.

a person with conspiring to violate the FCPA if the individual couldn't be charged with violating the law itself. The effect is that prosecutors at Hoskins' trial will have to prove that the Alstom executive was an "agent" of the company's subsidiary. The trial itself will test what that term means in