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Is it legal for businesses to give financial incentives for leaving positive reviews on review sites (e.g., Google Maps, Yelp, Facebook, Amazon)? Example: free/discounted drink/entrance/product if ...
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In February of 2025 Trump paused the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) for 180 days. Does this mean that during this period that US companies are now effectively free to bribe foreign officials?
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Elon Musk is reported to have given million-dollar checks to two Wisconsin voters, in a giveaway which (at least, as initially offered) required people to vote in the Wisconsin State Supreme Court ...
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Bribing public officials, policemen, etc. to be corrupt in the execution of their duties is illegal. However, consider the following hypothetical: "Robert Payne" is a wealthy businessman. ...
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Today, I saw on the news that the prosecution in the current criminal case against former President Trump brought in a tabloid publisher to testify that Trump paid him to not publish negative press ...
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I've heard that, to escape dangerous regions, refugees sometimes find themselves needing to bribe border officials. This could be because they are legally not supposed to be allowed to leave the state ...
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/02/19/john-oliver-clarence-thomas-supreme-court/72662536007/ TV personality John Oliver has publicly offered to pay Justice Clarence Thomas to resign ...
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Suppose I ask a private eye to find out if my wife is having an affair, they do, and she pays them to keep quiet. Is this against the law of my wife and the private investigator?
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I'm referencing a movie, The taking of Pelham 123. In it, as a part of the protagonists back story, he is accused of taking a bribe from a Japanese manufacturer to win a contract to supplying trains ...
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Is it legal to bribe a politician to not run for a federal office?
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In the US, bribing federal or state legislators to vote the way you want them to is illegal. But donating (or not donating) to their election campaigns is legal, as is telling them what you want them ...
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The section 7A of the Prevention of Corruption Act in India states: Taking undue advantage to influence public servant by corrupt or illegal means or by exercise of personal influence. Whoever ...
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Congress could "bribe" the President to sign a bill by including a Presidential pay raise in it, although the raise would not take effect until after an election (i.e. only works in the ...
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If Congress wanted to pass a law that they expected the President to be reluctant to sign, could they legally "bribe" the President to sign the bill by including a Presidential pay raise in ...
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The recently released Uber files report how the company built a network of lobbyists in close contact with many high level government officials around the world. These relationships include suspects ...
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