Corruption, Appeals, White Collar Crimes

Second Circuit Decision Clarifies Scope of Honest Services Wire Fraud Statute

WilmerHale on 7/11/2025

On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in United States v. Lopez that foreign commercial bribery schemes fall within the ambit of the honest services wire fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. §...more

The Supreme Court Agrees to Resolve Circuit Split on Local Official Bribery Statute

Husch Blackwell LLP on 1/10/2024

On December 13, 2023, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of ex-Portage, Indiana Mayor James Snyder. The court’s ruling will settle a circuit split involving 18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1)(B). The statute penalizes any state...more

DOJ Loses Another Libor-Rigging Case on Appeal

The Volkov Law Group on 2/8/2022

The Justice Department trumpeted its criminal prosecutions against defendants charged with Libor-rigging. It had a right to toot its own horn. But many of these convictions have not withstood the scrutiny of appellate...more

Second Circuit Declines to Limit FCPA's Scope

McDermott Will & Schulte on 8/21/2019

The Second Circuit’s decision in United States v. Ng Lap Seng is a win for the government, because it reinforces the broad reach and scope of the Justice Department’s enforcement of the FCPA. When adopting and implementing an...more

Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) - The World in U.S. Courts: Summer-Fall 2018

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 12/4/2018

Humphrey v. Glaxosmithkline PLC, US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, September 26, 2018 - The plaintiffs founded an investigations firm that counseled "foreign" firms doing business in China regarding American...more

OFAC Enforcement: The Epsilon Case and Third Party Risks

The Volkov Law Group on 9/26/2018

The Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) recently announced the settlement of the Epsilon enforcement action. This case requires a theme song and there is none better than Trucking from Grateful...more

UK Court of Appeal Extends Privilege in Internal Investigations

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer on 9/26/2018

Brief Comments on The Director of the Serious Fraud Office v. Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 2006 - On Sept. 5, 2018, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales handed down a unanimous...more

Second Circuit Decision Rejects Expansion of Geographic Reach of FCPA

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 9/7/2018

A Brief Overview of the FCPA - The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is a federal statute that prohibits United States companies and individuals from bribing foreign government officials in order to gain or retain...more

Second Circuit Limits Extraterritorial Application of FCPA

Troutman Pepper Locke on 9/7/2018

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

Court of Appeals Cuts Back Extraterritorial FCPA Jurisdiction Over Foreign Nationals

The Volkov Law Group on 9/5/2018

The Justice Department’s attempt to assert broad jurisdiction over foreign nationals was rebuked in a recent US Court of Appeals decision in United States v. Hoskins....more

The Second Circuit Overturns Watershed Conviction Of Sheldon Silvery Based On Recent Supreme Court Decision

A&O Shearman on 7/17/2017

On July 13, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit overturned the high-profile, political corruption conviction of one of the most powerful politicians in New York State— former Speaker of the New York State...more

English Court Questions the Application of Litigation Privilege in Criminal Investigations

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/17/2017

On 8 May 2017, the English High Court of Justice handed down judgment in The Director of the Serious Fraud Office v. Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Ltd,1 which could significantly limit the application of litigation...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 2/10/2017

Ex-VW-Chairman Ferdinand Piech has thrown a wrench in the automaker’s official narrative of the emissions cheating scandal by suggesting, in sworn testimony, that the company knew of the cheating months before it was...more

If I could turn back prosecutorial time...

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 6/15/2016

The case of R v AIL, GH and RH, one of the first the Court of Appeal has considered in 2016, is an interesting one from the perspective of all white-collar crime practitioners. The Court of Appeal had to consider whether it...more

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