USA v. COBURN et al

  1. June 27, 2024

    Feds Back Debevoise Bid To Avoid Cognizant Trial Testimony

    The U.S. Department of Justice would like a New Jersey federal court to throw out a subpoena compelling trial testimony from a Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner regarding an investigation into an alleged bribe the government believes two former Cognizant Technology Solutions executives supplied to an Indian company.

  2. June 21, 2024

    Ex-Cognizant Execs Keep Pushing For Debevoise Testimony

    Former Cognizant Technology Solutions executives have pushed back on Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's bid to quash a subpoena seeking testimony from a firm partner for their upcoming bribery trial in New Jersey federal court, saying that the testimony would be relevant and that any potential privilege arguments have already been waived.

  3. June 10, 2024

    Debevoise Aims To Sink Cognizant Bribery Trial Subpoena

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP urged a New Jersey federal judge Monday to quash defendants' trial subpoena that would require a Debevoise partner to testify in an upcoming September criminal bribery trial against ex-Cognizant Technology Solutions's chief legal officer and another former executive, arguing that the testimony is subject to attorney-client privilege.

  4. April 05, 2024

    Ex-Cognizant Execs' Trial Moved Over Atty Schedule Woes

    A New Jersey federal judge has agreed to reschedule the trial of two former Cognizant Technology Solutions executives accused of authorizing a bribe to an Indian official, answering the call by a Gibbons PC counsel who has another high-profile white-collar trial on his schedule the same day his Cognizant case client was also set to go before a jury.

  5. February 14, 2024

    Ex-Cognizant Execs Fight Co.'s Bid To Shield Bribe Evidence

    Two former Cognizant executives have called on a New Jersey federal court to reject the company's attempt to shield evidence related to a purported bribe as the executives face a criminal trial over a separate bribery scheme.

  6. January 23, 2024

    Ex-Cognizant Exec Says 2nd Bribe Evidence Essential To Defense

    The former legal chief of Cognizant Technology Solutions urged a New Jersey federal judge on Monday to allow evidence of a second alleged bribe of an Indian government official, saying it could help exonerate him and a co-defendant at a trial scheduled this spring.

  7. January 01, 2024

    New Jersey Cases To Watch In 2024

    In the coming year, May 6 looms large for New Jersey court watchers with two high-profile federal bribery cases scheduled to go to trial. One case — the prosecution of two former executives of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. — has taken years to get to trial. The other case — which accuses Sen. Robert Menendez, his wife and three businessmen of a bribery conspiracy — is proceeding much more swiftly, with the indictments having been handed down on Sept. 22.

  8. December 18, 2023

    Feds Slam Ex-Cognizant Execs' Bid For Indian Witness Info

    The federal government pushed back on a bid by a former Cognizant Technology executive to get information a cooperating witness gave to authorities in India as part of an investigation the nation is undertaking.

  9. November 09, 2023

    Ex-Cognizant Execs Get New Bribery Trial Date

    A New Jersey federal judge set a May 6 trial date for the federal government's bribery case against two former Cognizant Technology Solutions executives, following years of pretrial maneuvers and a witness scheduling setback that torpedoed the trial's planned start last month.

  10. October 06, 2023

    Judge's Senior Status Punts Ex-Cognizant Execs' Bribery Trial

    A high-profile bribery trial of two former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives that was on the verge of starting this month in New Jersey federal court after years of pretrial maneuvers has been delayed for at least four months and will require a new judge before it can go forward.