General counsel have finally learned some basic lessons about how to avoid federal prosecution on a bribery case, and how to get federal regulators to give their companies a slap on the wrist.

The lessons came last week when the U.S. Department of Justice issued the first public declinations of a criminal enforcement action involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act under its new pilot enforcement program.

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