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. In reviewing the history of the CVRA in its 2016 decision in Federal Insurance Company v. United States of America, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit noted that because the act began as a proposed constitutional amendment, the law is "relatively sparse [in] technical detail." That lack of detail h

ghtened standard of proving that a bribe was paid in exchange for an "official act" in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases. The decision in U.S. v. Ng Lap Seng is a clear win for the Justice Department and marks the first time that a circuit court has applied the official act rule, which the U.S. Supreme Co

. In reviewing the history of the CVRA in its 2016 decision in Federal Insurance Company v. United States of America, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit noted that because the act began as a proposed constitutional amendment, the law is "relatively sparse [in] technical detail." That lack of detail h

ghtened standard of proving that a bribe was paid in exchange for an "official act" in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases. The decision in U.S. v. Ng Lap Seng is a clear win for the Justice Department and marks the first time that a circuit court has applied the official act rule, which the U.S. Supreme Co

. In reviewing the history of the CVRA in its 2016 decision in Federal Insurance Company v. United States of America, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit noted that because the act began as a proposed constitutional amendment, the law is "relatively sparse [in] technical detail." That lack of detail h

ghtened standard of proving that a bribe was paid in exchange for an "official act" in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases. The decision in U.S. v. Ng Lap Seng is a clear win for the Justice Department and marks the first time that a circuit court has applied the official act rule, which the U.S. Supreme Co

Rules The Metropolitan Museum of Art can keep a Pablo Picasso painting sold by a Jewish industrialist to raise money to escape Nazi persecution, as the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday that a $100 million suit brought by a relative of the businessman was filed too late. Opinion attached I Read full article » EMPLO

ire And Diplomat Avoids Prison A China-born naturalized U.S. citizen who facilitated bribe payments from incarcerated Macau real estate billionaire Ng Lap Seng to a former U.N. diplomat avoided prison Wednesday as a Manhattan federal judge credited her cooperation with prosecutors. Read full article » BA