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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
d in April to throw out their indictment. They said that before their arrests in April 2018, the government had used search warrants to obtain from Slack Technologies Inc. copies of communications Sharma and Farkas had with both in- house and outside counsel. The government said it had a walled-off "taint" team review
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
throw out their indictment. They said that before their arrests in April 2018, the government had used search EFTA00094377 warrants to obtain from Slack Technologies Inc. copies of communications Sharma and Farkas had with both in- house and outside counsel. The government said it had a walled-off "taint" team review
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
d in April to throw out their indictment. They said that before their arrests in April 2018, the government had used search warrants to obtain from Slack Technologies Inc. copies of communications Sharma and Farkas had with both in-house and outside counsel. The government said it had a walled-off "taint" team review
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