U.S. Justice Dept corporate crime policies survive challenge in Cognizant case

Signage is seen at the United States Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

July 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department’s policy of incentivizing companies to self-report criminal conduct and cooperate with prosecutors in building cases against executives has emerged unscathed from a challenge that threatened to disrupt the way federal prosecutors investigate corporate crime.

U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty of Newark, New Jersey, ruled on Friday that two former Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH.O) executives facing a criminal trial for alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cannot suppress evidence […]

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