Foreign Bribery Targets Push to Ax DOJ Cases After Trump Order

Attorneys representing former Cognizant Technology executives about to go on trial sought a dismissal directly from the Justice Department’s No. 2 official the day after President Donald Trump ordered a pause on foreign bribery enforcement.

The overture from law firms Jones Day and Paul Weiss came on behalf of Cognizant’s former president and chief legal officer, who are charged with approving a $2 million payoff to expand their business into India, said two people briefed on the matter.

The outreach to acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove is just one of multiple instances of corporate defense attorneys immediately pressing prosecutors ...