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Kate Atkinson Comments on Investigating News Corp. under FCPA in The Washington Post

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"Murdoch and the Young and the Restless: What Do They Have in Common?"

The Washington Post

Kate Atkinson comments on the News Corp. phone-hacking scandal, which has yielded a heap of evidence that the company’s British tabloids have bribed law-enforcement officers in pursuit of scoops.  Regarding the U.S. authorities possible investigation of News Corp. under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Atkinson says, “It’s a new industry brought into the spotlight.”  She continues, “Fifteen or 20 years ago, it was a medieval guild in terms of the people who worked in [FCPA] and thought about it.”