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Corporate Counsel

ESG Thought Leaders Sort Out What Went Wrong, What's Worth Saving

"It's nebulous, and the more nebulous it gets, the more harm it's doing because it's not popular. And if you make it mean everything, then it means nothing," said Omeed Malik, president of the investment firm 1789 Partners.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Blank Rome Adds 4 From Akerman in Second 2024 White Collar Group Hire

Partners Bradley Henry and Kathleen Shannon lead the team, which is divided between New York and Washington.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA): How the New Law Creates Legal Risks and Opportunities for International Businesses

FEPA will amend the domestic bribery statute (18 U.S.C. § 201) to make it a criminal offense for foreign government officials to solicit or receive bribes from any person in the United States, any issuer, or any domestic concern.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Evidence Fight Breaks Out as Bribery Trial Nears for Ex-Cognizant Legal Chief

Jones Day partner James Loonam, lead defense attorney in the government's corruption case against former Cognizant executives, says the prosecution's star witness is pointing the finger" at ex-legal chief Steven Schwartz and his co-defendant, former president Gordon Coburn, to cover up his own misconduct.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Passport Snag Resolved for Key Witness in Bribery Trial of Ex-Cognizant Legal Chief

But logistical challenges will prevent the trial from being put back on the schedule before February.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Ex-Cognizant Legal Chief's Bribery Trial Delayed as DOJ Scrambles to Get Star Witness to Court

A former colleague who lives in India—whom the government considers its most important witness—is unable to leave the country because he surrendered his passport to authorities there investigating him.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Why the Am Law 100 Is Hiring More Private Investigators

A Q&A with Dan Nardello, CEO of a global investigations firm Nardello & Co., on the business and ethics of working for law firms on highly contentious matters.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Sam Bankman-Fried Accused of Bribing Chinese Officials With $40 Million Payment

The government said that Bankman-Fried allegedly directed the bribe payment after Chinese law enforcement officials froze crypto trading accounts associated with his crypto hedge fund, Alameda, in early 2021.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Pure Greed': Ex-Goldman Sachs Banker Roger Ng Is Sentenced to 10 Years for Malaysia Bribery Scheme

Chief U.S. District Judge Margo Brodie of the Eastern District of New York pronounced the sentence, which was lower than the 15 years requested by prosecutors.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

$203M Honeywell Bribery Settlement Stems From Decade-Old Allegations

The pact with the SEC, DOJ and the Brazilian government serves as a resounding reminder that compliance matters can have a long tail.
3 minute read

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