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Settling With Your Hands Tied: Why Judicial Intervention Is Needed To Curb An Expanding Interpretation Of The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Pete J. Georgis
Settling With Your Hands Tied: Why Judicial Intervention Is Needed To Curb An Expanding Interpretation Of The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Pete J. Georgis
Golden Gate University Law Review
This Comment argues that the broad interpretation of the FCPA’s business nexus requirement, which criminalizes payments that both directly and indirectly “obtain or retain business,” encourages prosecutorial abuse and deviates from the intended purpose of the Act. The Justice Department’s expansive approach to FCPA enforcement has cost companies tremendously, even though the Act’s drafters intended for a more balanced approach. Part I of this Comment will discuss the history and background of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and its amendments in 1988 and 1998. Part II will examine the application of the business nexus requirement in United States …
Coyote Publishing, Inc. V. Miller: Blurring The Standards Of Commercial And Noncommercial Speech, Nicole E. Wolfe
Coyote Publishing, Inc. V. Miller: Blurring The Standards Of Commercial And Noncommercial Speech, Nicole E. Wolfe
Golden Gate University Law Review
In Coyote Publishing, Inc. v. Miller, the Ninth Circuit considered the constitutionality of a Nevada statute that regulates commercial advertising of legal brothels. The Ninth Circuit held that severe restrictions on brothel advertising, even in counties where brothels are legal, are valid under the First Amendment. The court concluded that Nevada Revised Statutes sections 201.430(1) and 201.440, which largely prohibit the advertising of licensed brothels, met the four prongs of the Central Hudson test. Although the Ninth Circuit held that Nevada Revised Statutes section 201.430(1) was constitutional, the facts of the case did not apply to Nevada Revised Statutes section …