You are taking potential clients visiting from the United Kingdom to a “baseball match” in Philadelphia. In order to impress, you hire a limo, book a fancy steak dinner and purchase seats in a luxury suite. At dinner, you learn that your client is a wine connoisseur. As a result, you opt for a $100 bottle of Malbec instead of selecting a moderate $25 bottle of Cabernet. You are hopeful that the evening’s festivities will show your prospective client a nice time and provide optimal settings to discuss a potential business opportunity.
As long as the above happened on or before June 30, you should not have much to worry about. However, if the game was postponed due to rain until July 1, you can potentially face prosecution for bribery by running afoul of a soon-to-be enacted U.K. law aimed at combating corruption.
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