Taft partner Jackie Bennett was featured in the article “Supreme Court ruling limits prosecutions for corruption,” published on July 17 in The Indiana Lawyer. The article explores a significant Supreme Court decision that has extensive implications for federal corruption prosecutions. In the article, Bennett provided crucial insights into the case that questioned the application of a federal code enacted in 1984 concerning bribery and corruption. Bennett’s arguments successfully overturned decades of circuit precedent, on the question of whether the statute pertains strictly to bribery and not to gratuities. Learn more about Taft’s involvement here and to read the article, click here. (subscription required)

Bennett, a trial attorney and former federal prosecutor, represents individuals and corporations in high-stakes commercial, civil, and white-collar criminal litigation, as well as regulatory investigations by state and federal agencies. Bennett has extensive experience in matters involving internal corporate investigations, corporate governance, securities regulation, foreign corrupt practices, patent infringement, environmental crimes, and an array of contract and business tort actions.