Kay v. United States

September 22, 2008

Kay v. United States (Docket: 07-1281) is on the docket of the Supreme Court’s opening conference on September 29, 2008 for the Court’s October 2008 term. The petition for certiorari and all cert-stage briefs are available at scotusblog.com.

David Kay and Douglas Murphy were sentenced in 2005 to 37 and 63 months in prison respectively for violating the FCPA. They bribed Haitian officials in order to reduce their company’s taxes.

Richard L. Cassin over at The FCPA Blog has an excellent background article on the case

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Topic(s): Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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2 Responses to “ Kay v. United States ”

  1. Compliance Building · Ignorance Is No Excuse When It Comes to the FCPA on March 25, 2009 at 11:54 am

    [...] article focused on some of the implications of Unites States V. Kay, 513 F.3d 432. [See Kay v. United States and Kay - Certiorari Denied]. The authors point out that one of the defendant defenses was that [...]

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  2. Compliance Building · Kay - Certiorari Denied on March 25, 2009 at 11:54 am

    [...] U.S. Supreme Court will not be reviewing the Fifth Circuit’s decision in Kay v. U.S. (cert denied shows up page 8 of the Orders List from October 6, [...]

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