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Bribery
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FCPA Professor
A Focus On Pakistan & Nepal
By Mike Koehler
This post highlights FCPA enforcement actions concerning conduct (in whole or in part) in Pakistan and Nepal. United Technologies (2018) The enforcement action concerned conduct in Russia, Azerbaijani, China, Kuwait,…
FCPA Professor
A Focus On Bangladesh
By Mike Koehler
Previous posts have focused on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement actions concerning conduct (in whole or in part) in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and other Southeast Asian countries. This post shifts the focus a bit…
FCPA Professor
DOJ Responds To Hobson’s Motion To Dismiss
By Mike Koehler
In February 2026 Charles Hunter Hobson (who served in a variety of roles at Corsa Coal from 2013 to 2018) was found guilty by a jury for various Foreign Corrupt Practices Act…
FCPA Professor
Berko Files Motion For Acquittal And New Trial
By Mike Koehler
Earlier this month, Asante Berko (a former Executive Director of Goldman Sachs International) was convicted by a jury of FCPA and related offenses in connection with a Ghana bribery scheme…
FCPA Professor
Hobson Motion To Dismiss – The “Foreign Official” Issue
By Mike Koehler
In February 2026, Charles Hunter Hobson (who served in a variety of roles at Corsa Coal from 2013 to 2018) was found guilty by a jury for various Foreign Corrupt…
FCPA Professor
Freepoint Commodities Enforcement Action Concludes
By Mike Koehler
In December 2023, Freepoint Commodities resolved a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement action in connection with a bribery scheme in Brazil. The criminal charge of conspiracy to violate the FCPA’s…
FCPA Professor
Hobson Files A Motion To Dismiss
By Mike Koehler
In February 2026 Charles Hunter Hobson (who served in a variety of roles at Corsa Coal from 2013 to 2018) was found guilty by a jury for various Foreign Corrupt…
FCPA Professor
Take-Aways From Southeast Asia FCPA Enforcement Actions
By Mike Koehler
Previous posts have focused on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement actions concerning conduct (in whole or in part) in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and other Southeast Asian countries. In total, 66 enforcement actions…
Law Web
Supreme Court: Whether the court can acquit accused if complainant was of criminal background?
By Law Web
The High Court also accepted the defence version made under Section 313 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and recorded the findings that the possibility of Phenolphthalein powder appearing on…
Law Web
Supreme Court: How to appreciate prosecution case if genesis of the case is not disclosed correctly?
By Law Web
The case of the complainant was that on 1.6.1994 he went to the house of the Respondent-accused and after bargaining, agreed to pay a sum of Rs. 10,000/- on the…