Gerald Green died this week. He is one of the few individuals who went to trial against the Justice Department in a case where the government alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Back in 2009, Green and his wife Patricia were convicted. According to the DOJ press release, from 2002 through 2007 the Greens conspired with others to bribe the former governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (to the tune of $1.8 million) to acquire lucrative film festival contracts, as well as other deals for the development of a Thai Privilege Card, a website, book, video, calendars and public relations services.

Thomas Fox has practiced law for over 40 years. Tom writes the daily award-winning blog, the FCPA Compliance and Ethics blog and founded the Compliance Podcast Network. Tom leads the discussion on AI in...