Since 2019, this site has followed the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement action against former Cognizant Technology Solutions executives Gordon Coburn and Steven Schwartz in connection with an alleged bribery scheme in India.
This February 25th post set forth the many reasons (legal and factual) why the enforcement action was unusual and further questioned why the enforcement action was going forward despite President Trump’s Executive Order on February 10th titled “Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security.”
In recent weeks, the case has taken some interesting turns (see here), yet trial was scheduled to begin on April 7th. (See here).
As indicated in the below filing, the DOJ has finally done the right thing – it has moved to dismiss the indictment.
Shortly thereafter, Judge Farbiarz ordered the dismissal.
