April 05, 2024
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.
February 14, 2024
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.
January 23, 2024
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.
January 01, 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.
December 18, 2023
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.
November 09, 2023
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.
October 06, 2023
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.
September 27, 2023
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.
September 26, 2023
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.
September 19, 2023
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.