Peter Koski

Jan 5, 2024 | lexblog.com | Peter Koski |Samuel Klein

Federal circuit courts are split on a core question of corruption law: whether state and local officials, and agents of organizations that contract with or receive benefits from the federal government, may lawfully accept gratuities. It is generally a federal crime for state and local officials to act in their official capacities in exchange for things of value, provided they solicit or agree to accept such benefits “corruptly.”  This is quid pro quo bribery, prohibited under 18 U.S.C. § 666.

Jan 4, 2024 | lexblog.com | Peter Koski |Samuel Klein

Federal circuit courts are split on a core question of corruption law: whether state and local officials, and agents of organizations that contract with or receive benefits from the federal government, may lawfully accept gratuities. It is generally a federal crime for state and local officials to act in their official capacities in exchange for things of value, provided they solicit or agree to accept such benefits “corruptly.”  This is quid pro quo bribery, prohibited under 18 U.S.C. § 666.

Jan 4, 2024 | lexology.com | Peter Koski |Samuel Klein

Federal circuit courts are split on a core question of corruption law: whether state and local officials, and agents of organizations that contract with or receive benefits from the federal government, may lawfully accept gratuities. It is generally a federal crime for state and local officials to act in their official capacities in exchange for things of value, provided they solicit or agree to accept such benefits “corruptly.” This is quid pro quo bribery, prohibited under 18 U.S.C. § 666.

Feb 14, 2023 | lexology.com | Jennifer Saperstein |Steven E. Fagell |Nancy Kestenbaum |Eric Carlson |Benjamin Haley |Gerald Hodgkins | +26 more

What You Need to Know:The number of resolved enforcement actions and the amount of monetary sanctions recovered in 2022 approximately doubled in the United States compared to 2021. International coordination is as strong as it ever has been—all of the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ” or the “Department”) corporate enforcement actions in 2022 (excluding declinations) involved parallel resolutions with foreign enforcement authorities.