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FCPA Case before Supreme Court May Alter Law, Say Legal Analysts
By Matt Squire
printDefendants in an international bribery case have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case that could alter the way that the U.S. Justice Department enforces an international anti-corruption law, according to legal analysts. Federal prosecutors charged former American Rice, Inc. executives David Kay and Douglas Murphy in 2001 with bribing Haitian officials in 1998 and 1999 in order to reduce import taxes. In doing so, the two men violated the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), which prohibits bribes to foreign officials to obtain or retain business, according to prosecutors. The two men denied the charges saying...
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