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Second Circuit Decision Clarifies Scope of Honest Services Wire Fraud Statute

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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

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Supreme Court Resolves Circuit Split and Finds Federal Gratuities Inapplicable to State and Local Officials

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On June 26, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in a public corruption case that could have a lasting impact on how the U.S. Government prosecutes corruption and procurement fraud cases involving state and local...more

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White Collar Quarterly Report | Q1 2024

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We are thrilled to introduce the inaugural issue of our quarterly White Collar newsletter, a dedicated resource from Benesch’s White Collar, Government Investigations & Regulatory Compliance Practice Group. Each issue...more

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Ex-Vitol Oil & Gas Trader Convicted of Bribing Foreign Officials

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Following an 8 week trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn has convicted Javier Aguilar on charges relating to the former Vitol trader’s violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He faces up to 30 years in prison. Aguilar...more

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The Meaning of Corruption (Revisited): United States v. Robertson and Further Considerations for White Collar Practitioners from...

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A previous post examined interpretations of the statutory term “corruptly” in case law arising from prosecutions of participants in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. A significant new case from the D.C. Circuit, United...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Talks: Antitrust and White-Collar Crime Roundup - Developments in the Trump Indictments and Recent Supreme Court Issues

In this episode, Jeff Jacobovitz, AGG trial attorney, adjunct law professor at AU-WCL (Criminal Antitrust), and chair of the firm’s Antitrust group, discusses developments in the pending litigation against former President...more

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Supreme Court Again Restricts Honest-Services Fraud

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On May 11, 2023, in Percoco v. United States, 598 U.S. ___ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court once again reined in an expansive public corruption prosecution brought by the Department of Justice by overturning a wire fraud...more

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DOJ Loses Another Libor-Rigging Case on Appeal

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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

Hogan Lovells

Not a silver bullet: public procurement lessons from the G4S DPA

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On 17 July 2020, a three-year Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) between the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and G4S Care & Justice Services (UK) Ltd (G4S) was approved. This DPA is the second arising from fraudulent conduct in...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

High-Profile FCPA Prosecution Reflects: Government Can Lose on Lead Corruption Charges But Still Win on Related Money Laundering...

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The District of Connecticut recently vacated a defendant’s convictions at trial for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) — but declined to similarly vacate his related money laundering convictions. ...more

Morgan Lewis

DOJ's Antitrust Division Convicts Seventh Foreign Executive Following Extradition Proceedings

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The latest extradition of a foreign executive highlights ongoing efforts by the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division to arrest foreign executives abroad in order to face charges in the United States....more

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Second Circuit Ruling Clarifies Post-McDonnell Public Corruption

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On Tuesday, former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver received a welcomed victory, albeit partial, in the Government’s long running prosecution accusing him of fraud, extortion and money laundering....more

King & Spalding

Q4 2019: Latin America Enforcement Review

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In the fourth quarter of 2019, U.S. enforcement authorities sustained efforts to prosecute individuals violating U.S. anticorruption laws in matters related to Latin America, while authorities in Latin America, including in...more

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Former Alstom Executive Convicted of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Charges on Agency Theory

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Lawrence Hoskins, a British citizen and former employee of French conglomerate Alstom SA, has been found guilty by a federal jury in Connecticut of 11 of 12 criminal charges, including six counts of violating the United...more

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Alstom Executive Convicted on FCPA and Money Laundering Violations

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Lawrence Hoskins, a UK citizen and former Alstom executive, was convicted last Friday on 11 of 12 counts for his role in a bribery scheme involving Indonesian officials....more

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Q3 2019: Latin America Enforcement Review

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Enforcement authorities throughout the United States and the Americas continue to aggressively investigate fraud and corruption across the region in the third quarter of 2019. Below, we highlight some recent developments and...more

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Second Circuit Declines to Limit FCPA's Scope

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

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Dorsey Anti-Corruption Digest - December 2017

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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the addition of a new Department of Justice (DOJ) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) policy, titled the FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy. The new policy, which was...more

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Dorsey Anti-Corruption Digest - August 2017

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) ended its probe of Net1 UEPS Technologies, according to SEC filings from the South African-based payment processing company. The company received a declination from the Securities and Exchange...more

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DOJ Moves to Dismiss Public Corruption Charges Against Former VA Governor

Last week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia moved to dismiss public corruption charges against former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell, and his wife, Maureen McDonnell. The decision comes...more

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