“Foreign Official” Action Abounds in Carson Proposed Jury Instructions
A prior post (here) detailed how the Carson “foreign official” challenged moved to the jury instruction and the post summarized the defendants’ and the DOJ’s dueling jury instructions. On Monday, both...
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The Lindsey defendants argue that “repeated and intentional government misconduct” requires dismissal of their jury convictions, a nondescript Commerce Department statement regarding the July 22nd FCPA...
View ArticleJudge Selna Appears Ready To Deny Carson Travel Act Challenge
Last Friday prior to oral argument on the motion, Judge James Selna (C.D. of Cal.) – as is often his custom – publicly released (here) his tenative ruling on the Carson defendants’ Travel Act motion to...
View ArticleChecking In On The Carson Case
After Judge James Selna (C.D. Cal.) denied the “foreign official” motion to dismiss challenge in the Carson case in May 2011 (see here for the prior post) , the “foreign official” issue moved to the...
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“Can Someone Please Turn On the Lights” Former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey (here – currently at Debevoise & Plimpton and active in the FCPA reform movement on behalf of the Chamber of...
View ArticleChecking In On The Carson Case
In April 2009, Stuart and Hong Carson (husband and wife) were criminally charged, along with other defendants who were also former employees of Control Components Inc. (CCI), in a criminal indictment...
View ArticleEdmonds Pleads Guilty As Trial Nears
The Department of Justice would like for all to believe that its plea agreements represent acknowledgment of the legitimacy of its enforcement theories including as to “foreign official.” A prior...
View ArticleCarson Sentencing Issues
As noted in this previous post, this past April, Stuart and Hong Carson (husband and wife) pleaded guilty in the DOJ’s long-standing case against them. The guilty pleas came after the trial court...
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The SEC files an amended complaint, Judge Leon strikes again, a provocative press release, a focus on lobbying and for the reading stack. It’s all here in the Friday roundup. SEC Files Amended...
View ArticleRecent Sentencing Activity
Previous posts have highlighted the sentences of various defendants in the so-called Carson / CCI enforcement action. The sentences were as follows. Stuart Carson (four months in prison, followed by...
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