US Appeals Court Limits Government Reach in Bribery Charges

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Aug. 24 affirmed a lower court’s ruling that Lawrence Hoskins, a non-resident foreign national, isn’t in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act since he didn’t work in a direct capacity for Alstom’s U.S.-based subsidiary, Alstom U.S. The ruling shows the limitations of U.S. foreign bribery laws when applied to large multinational […]

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