Postcards From Paris To The U.S. – An Object Lesson For Those Who Favor Extraterritorial Jurisdiction By U.S. Courts And Regulators
May 22, 2014 | The Insider: White Collar Defense and Securities Enforcement
This story comes to mind now because of the increasing influence of the United States on the world’s regulatory environment, imposing United States views of how things should be run on the rest of the world. This week, the Department of Justice announced that it had reached an agreement with Credit Suisse whereby Credit Suisse agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit tax evasion in the United States and pay a penalty of $2.6 billion. Presumably, most of the conduct at issue took place outside of the United States. But because it had consequences in the United States, the United States government believed that it had the right to punish that conduct. [...]