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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. September 27, 2023

    Witness Logistics Delay Ex-Cognizant Execs' Bribery Trial

    A New Jersey federal judge agreed Wednesday to delay the trial of two former Cognizant executives to give the government time to determine if a key witness will testify, despite objections from defense counsel who lamented discovery concessions and the energy spent in preparing for an early October start date.

  6. September 26, 2023

    Prosecution Seeks To Delay Ex-Cognizant Execs' Bribery Trial

    The criminal trial of two former Cognizant executives accused of arranging a $2 million bribe to an Indian government official in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act may be postponed past its scheduled Oct. 3 start date over matters related to witnesses.

  7. September 19, 2023

    Feds Call Ex-Cognizant Execs' Experts Irrelevant To Trial

    Prosecutors pressed a New Jersey federal court on Tuesday to exclude testimony from more than half the experts that two former Cognizant executives are using in their defense against foreign bribery charges, questioning the witnesses' qualifications and relevancy.

  8. April 17, 2023

    Cognizant Can Withhold Certain Docs In Bribery Case

    A New Jersey federal judge ruled Monday that Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. doesn't need to hand over notes and summaries from meetings between the company and prosecutors investigating former executives for bribery, rejecting the executives' attempts to force the company to turn them over.

  9. January 02, 2023

    3 New Jersey Matters To Watch In 2023

    As a new year of litigation dawns in New Jersey, state and federal courts have teed up for them a high-profile criminal trial, tax breaks for the gambling industry and a potential out for Uber drivers trying to keep their misclassification suit alive.

  10. December 22, 2022

    Ex-Cognizant Execs Want 'Outsourced' Bribery Docs Barred

    A New Jersey federal judge has unsealed requests by former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives to bar prosecutors from using certain "outsourced" evidence collected by Cognizant's in-house counsel during their criminal bribery trials, arguing that corporate counsel unfairly served as prosecutors' investigators.