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Speaker: Arundhati Katju, Attorney, Columbia Law School Human Rights Fellow ’17 LLM

Companies doing business in India inevitably run the risk of facing criminal prosecution. These can arise following disclosures under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, when relationships with JV partners sour or under a host of regulatory statutes. India has a robust business and economic crimes jurisprudence that includes vicarious liability for directors for criminal offences. The Indian criminal justice system also differs from the US on key issues, such as plea-bargaining. This talk provides an overview of the Indian criminal…