The landmark ruling by a U.S. appeals court on Friday defining "instrumentality" under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act left attorneys in the FCPA bar to discuss its meaning. Prosecutors had pursued ...

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In what can only be called a judicial decision based on common sense the 11 th Circuit Court of Appeals, in an opinion released on May 16, upheld the convictions of Joel Esquenazi and Carlos Rodriguez ...

In Esquenazi, two co-owners of a Florida-based phone service company, Terra Telecommunications, were indicted on 21 counts of money laundering, wire fraud and substantive FCPA violations. The United ...

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The Justice Department filed a legal brief Tuesday that offers more clues about how it defines an “instrumentality” under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, one of the most vague and nettlesome parts ...