Mike Koehler at FCPA Professor notes that the law appears to ban doing favors for foreign government officials in circumstances where the same favors would be lawful if done for domestic U.S. government officials.
A Foreign Corrupt Practices Act double standard?
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Bridget Carroll Press Officer, Manhattan Institute bcarroll@manhattan-institute.org |



