June 16, 2021
Two former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives charged with foreign bribery are seeking to force an Indian conglomerate to hand over information that could help clear their names, arguing that a New Jersey federal court has jurisdiction over the conglomerate because it cooperated with U.S. investigators.
March 16, 2020
It has been nearly a year since a federal judge shook the status quo in the white collar bar by ruling that prosecutors had improperly "outsourced" an investigation to Paul Weiss, but attempts by defendants in other cases to get a similar ruling face a high bar, including convincing judges to grant access to key evidence.
February 19, 2020
A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday rejected bids to dismiss Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violation charges by two former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives accused of bribing Indian officials.
January 28, 2020
A New Jersey federal court waded into unknown legal territory Tuesday in a case against two former executives at Cognizant, considering whether every email involved in an alleged bribery scheme should be a separate violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
December 18, 2019
Data technology firm Cognizant is flouting its obligations under an employment agreement to pay for its former chief legal officer's defense against foreign bribery charges, the attorney told a Delaware court Monday.
February 15, 2019
Federal prosecutors and regulators handed down parallel criminal and civil charges on Friday for the former president and chief legal officer of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., accusing them of participating in a scheme to bribe an Indian official $2 million for permission to move forward on a construction project.