U.S. anti-bribery enforcement efforts have come under heightened scrutiny, just as two new laws are expected to launch those efforts into overdrive.
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which makes it a crime for U.S. companies and their employees to pay bribes to foreign officials to obtain business abroad, ought to be modified to “make clear what is and what is not a violation,” according to a paper commissioned by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform calling for amendments to the law.
