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Government

Nov. 28, 2012

Government's new FCPA guidelines leave prosecutors plenty of flexibility, defense lawyers say

Defense attorneys did not get the specifics they were hoping for when the government issued extensive guidelines on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act earlier this month.


By Hadley Robinson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Defense attorneys did not get the specifics they were hoping for when the government issued extensive guidelines on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act earlier this month.


Instead of clarifications on the benefits of self-disclosure, what constitutes a foreign official and what regulators expect of a compliance program, attorneys found a bundle of the government's previously stated positions, op...

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