Challenge to 'Foreign Official' Definition Denied in Texas Bribery Case

Challenge to ‘Foreign Official’ Definition Denied in Texas Bribery Case

A federal judge refuted the defendant’s arguments that he had not violated U.S. foreign bribery laws because the alleged recipients were not foreign officials.

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A BREAKTHROUGH IN UNDERSTANDING COMPLIANCE CREDIT. WilmerHale's Kimberly Parker says the U.S. Justice Department's public announcement last month that it would not prosecute investment bank Morgan Stanley on FCPA violations (while securing a guilty plea from an individual "rogue" employee) appears to be an attempt to signal DOJ's standards for compliance programs.

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Mary Jacoby is the founder of Main Justice and Editor-in-Chief of Just Anti-Corruption.

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