A prosecutor and a defense lawyer on Thursday gave a federal appeals court starkly different views on just how far Congress intended the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to reach in pursuing bribery abroad.
Sangita Rao of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Clifford Chance partner Christopher Morvillo, for defendant Lawrence Hoskins, also split on whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit had the power to review a lower court decision limiting the class of people who can be prosecuted for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA.
