Note: Later on May 14, U.S. District Judge James Selna finalized his tentative orders rejecting the motions to dismiss the case and to suppress statements that the defendants, both former executives of Control Components Inc., made to the company’s outside counsel at Steptoe & Johnson LLP.

A federal judge has tentatively rejected assertions by defendants in a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case that their due process rights had been violated, warranting dismissal of the charges against them.