Coburn, the government prevailed in its interpretation of the proper "unit of prosecution," while a recent district court ruling in United States v. Hoskins further constrained the Department of Justice's (DOJ) ability to prosecute foreign nationals acting outside of the United States. [Continue Reading

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

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

such as a larger company with better compliance infrastructure helping reform the company it buys. The new guide also reflects the Second Circuit's Hoskins ruling which held that prosecutors cannot file FCPA conspiracy charges against EFTA00161594 foreign nationals who would not otherwise be subject t

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

(ABC-7) (09/03, Guevara), and WOAI (NBC-4) (09/03, Gambert). U.S. Fugitive Found in Wales to Face Extradition Hearing BBC News (09/03, Henderson, Hoskins) reported that Daniel Andreas San Diego, a U.S. fugitive, was arrested in Wales after 21 years on the run for bombings in San Francisco in 2003. He