On February 26, 2020, a federal judge in Connecticut dealt yet another blow to the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) aggressive approach to prosecuting foreign companies and individuals for overseas bribery. In a 29-page decision, U.S. District Court Judge Janet Bond Arterton held that prosecutors failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that former Alstom S.A. executive Lawrence Hoskins was an "agent" of a U.S. domestic concern and granted Hoskins's post-trial motion for acquittal on all seven counts relating to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The Judge denied the motion as to four money laundering counts.
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