Record Setting – Esquenazi Sentenced to 15 Years, Rodriguez to 7 Years
Yesterday, in the Southern District of Florida (a district quickly earning the distinction of handing out the toughest FCPA sentences in the country - see here), Judge Jose Martinez sentenced Joel...
View ArticleRodriguez Seeks Release Pending Historic Appeal
In October 2011, Carlos Rodriguez, one of the defendants in the Haiti Teleco case, was sentenced to 7 years in prison (see here for the prior post). Rodriguez was convicted in August 2011, along with...
View ArticleDOJ Opposes Rodriguez’s Release Pending Appeal
As detailed in this prior post, Carlos Rodriguez (one of the defendants in the Haiti Teleco case currently serving a seven year sentence) is seeking release pending appeal of his conviction and...
View ArticleTesting Innocence
By now you have probably heard that various Bonny Island bribery defendants were sentenced last week. As noted in this DOJ release: Albert Stanley (a former chairman and CEO of Kellogg, Brown &...
View ArticleHaiti Teleco Roundup
Last week, the DOJ announced (here) that Jean Rene Duperval (a former director of international relations for Haiti Teleco) was “convicted by a federal jury on all counts for his role in a scheme to...
View ArticleHistoric “Foreign Official” Appeals Filed
For the first time in FCPA history, “foreign official” is headed to an appellate court. Yesterday, Carlos Rodriguez and Joel Esquenazi filed appeals (here) and (here) in the 11th Circuit challenging...
View ArticleDOJ Files Response Brief In Historic 11th Circuit “Foreign Official” Appeal
This previous post detailed the appeal of Carlos Rodriguez and Joel Esquenazi to the 11th Circuit on a host of issues, including whether the trial court erred as a matter of law in its jury instruction...
View ArticleFriday Roundup
Briefing complete, an isn’t it ironic follow-up, and going for the gold. It’s all here in the Friday roundup. Briefing Complete In Historic “Foreign Official” Challenge This previous post highlighted...
View ArticleHaiti Teleco “Foreign Official” Says He Was Not A “Foreign Official”– Files...
Some background is necessary to place in context an interesting development that is likewise relevant to the pending Eleventh Circuit “foreign official” appeal by Joel Esquenazi and Carlos Rodriguez...
View Article11th Circuit Affirms Esquenazi / Rodriguez Convictions – Defines...
Numerous prior posts (see here for instance) have highlighted the historic appeal in U.S. v. Joel Esquenazi and Carlos Rodriguez. Although there were several issues on appeal, the appeal is best known...
View Article“Foreign Official” Cert Petition Filed In Supreme Court
As highlighted in this previous post, in May the 11th Circuit affirmed the FCPA (and related) convictions of Joel Esquenazi and Carlos Rodriguez. Numerous previous posts have analyzed the 11th...
View ArticleAmicus Brief Filed Urging The Supreme Court To Hear “Foreign Official” Challenge
This previous post highlighted the petition for certiorari filed in the Supreme Court requesting the Court hear U.S. v. Esquenazi (the recent 11th Circuit decision of first impression in which the...
View ArticleProfessor Koehler Files Amicus Brief Urging Supreme Court To Hear “Foreign...
This previous post highlighted the petition for certiorari filed in the Supreme Court requesting the Court hear U.S. v. Esquenazi (the recent 11th Circuit decision of first impression in which the...
View ArticleSupreme Court Declines To Hear “Foreign Official” Challenge
As highlighted in previous posts (here, here and here), the defendants in U.S. v. Esquenazi (see here for the May 2014 11th Circuit decision) petitioned the Supreme Court to hear the case – principally...
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If Only The Supreme Court Had Accepted Cert In The “Foreign Official” Challenge
As highlighted here, here and here, last Fall the Supreme Court had the opportunity to correct the 11th Circuit’s flawed interpretation of the important “foreign official” element of the FCPA’s...
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Friday Roundup
Wal-Mart related, request for a new trial, scrutiny alert, and for the reading stack. It’s all here in the Friday roundup. Wal-Mart Related Here is what Wal-Mart said in its recent 1Q FY2016 earnings...
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Carlos Rodriguez: My Dad, My Hero
Many people in the FCPA space know the name Carlos Rodriguez. His name, along with his co-defendant Joel Esquenazi, is synonymous with the “foreign official” issue. (See this article at pgs. 24-42 to...
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Briefing complete, an isn’t it ironic follow-up, and going for the gold. It’s all here in the Friday roundup. Briefing Complete In Historic “Foreign Official” Challenge This previous post highlighted...
View ArticleHaiti Teleco “Foreign Official” Says He Was Not A “Foreign Official”– Files...
Some background is necessary to place in context an interesting development that is likewise relevant to the pending Eleventh Circuit “foreign official” appeal by Joel Esquenazi and Carlos Rodriguez...
View Article11th Circuit Affirms Esquenazi / Rodriguez Convictions – Defines...
Numerous prior posts (see here for instance) have highlighted the historic appeal in U.S. v. Joel Esquenazi and Carlos Rodriguez. Although there were several issues on appeal, the appeal is best known...
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