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Entries in Legislative History (51)

Monday
Apr222013

Wal-Mart's Victims Part V: What the World Needs Now

Thursday’s landmark  Supreme Court decision in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum has more relevance to the FCPA and Wal-Mart than you might think.

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Wednesday
Jan022013

Congress talks about Magnitsky's torture and death

Photo of the U.S. Capitol Building (courtesy of Wikipedia)The United States Congress sometimes includes 'findings' in laws it adopts. They're reasons behind a law -- a bit of built-in legislative history.

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Monday
Dec242012

Magazine bashes FCPA, defends Wal-Mart

An article in the National Review Friday slammed the FCPA and the DOJ's enforcement of it.

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Thursday
Dec132012

Great guidance from the bench: 'The FCPA casts a wide net'

In his 61-page ruling this week allowing the SEC's suit against two former Noble executives to go forward, federal district judge Keith P. Ellison provided some excellent 'guidance' about the FCPA.

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Tuesday
Nov272012

Wal-Mart in India is déjà vu for the FCPA 

The expansion of the Wal-Mart investigation into India proves that history is indeed circular. These developments seem to be the early 1970s all over again, and that can't be good for Wal-Mart.

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Wednesday
Nov072012

The FCPA isn't red or blue

We now know who will be the next President of the United States.

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Monday
Oct222012

McGovern's run for the White House led to the FCPA

George McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012)As a candidate, he was authentic and stood for decency and accountability, qualities Nixon never understood.

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Wednesday
Oct172012

From Lockheed to Lance: how falls from grace can change the world

Doping in sport, like graft in business, skews the rules of the game.

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Monday
Sep242012

Autumnal Adventures to Unchartered Corners (Part III)

Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States (1977–1981), signed the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act into law in 1977.The FCPA is a white-collar crime solution to a foreign policy problem.

If that sounds awkward, well, it should.

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Tuesday
Sep042012

Autumnal Adventures to Unchartered Corners

I’ve tried to map out some unfamiliar ways to think about FCPA reform. See these proposals as you might an old map -- exploratory, perhaps imprecise, still incomplete -- but meant to excite the human spirit.

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