A federal judge granted the Justice Department’s move to drop an overseas bribery prosecution against two former executives at Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., making it the first case to be closed since President Donald Trump paused enforcement of a US anti-bribery law.
Judge Michael Farbiarz of the US District Court for the District of New Jersey gave his approval Thursday to the government’s motion in a one-page order.
The decision came a day after Alina Habba, a former Trump defense attorney serving as the interim chief federal prosecutor in New Jersey, submitted a motion to dismiss the case, citing a ...
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