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Litigation

Feb. 12, 2013

In unusual ruling, judge allows FCPA bribery suit

A federal judge's decision to allow a civil bribery suit against several executives at Deutsche Telekom AG's Hungarian subsidiary opens up some cracks that could help government attorneys in civil and criminal suits, observers say.


By Henry Meier


Daily Journal Staff Writer


It's been a lean couple of years for government attorneys trying cases under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, with several high profile cases being tossed by judges around the country because authorities couldn't nail down wrongdoing.


But a federal judge's recent decision to allow a civil bribery suit against several executives at Deutsche Telekom AG's Hungarian subsidiary opens up so...

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