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Re:Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger by anthuswilliams on Monday December 18, 2023 @10:20AM (#38683604)
This sounds it might be like a hallucination. I've never heard of any "Domestic Bribery Act" and I'm unable to find one in cursory online searching. (In 18 USC there are prohibitions on bribing public officials, but that doesn't seem relevant here.)
Re:Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger by Spooky23 on Monday December 18, 2023 @10:36AM (#38683858)
ChatGPT is not a good place to get legal advice. Regardless, there are a variety of ways that you can get boned for accepting bribes in your capacity as an employee. In the US, the "honest services" laws have been weakened by Supreme Court action, but there are other paths to criminal prosecution.

The advice of "STFU and get the comment removed" is spot on.

Re:Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger by dtx1 on Monday December 18, 2023 @10:27AM (#38683704)
Fascinating, i think you are correct. This website at least suggests that there are some other laws regarding domestic bribes: https://www.globalcompliancenews.com/anti-corruption/anti-co...

But "Domestic Bribery Act" seems to be a hallucination. I have so far only encountered fake sources or links that don't exist, this kind of hallucination is new and unexpected.

Thanks for making me aware of this, quite scary how utterly convincing chatGPT was in this instance.

Re:Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger by cornstalks on Monday December 18, 2023 @11:04AM (#38684304)
> this kind of hallucination is new and unexpected

I don’t think it’s new or unexpected at all. Remember the lawyers who used ChatGPT and it ended up fabricating case law?

ChatGPT is interesting and all but it’s seriously untrustworthy.

Re:Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger by danpalmer on Monday December 18, 2023 @10:29AM (#38683731)
Also FWIW, I'm in the UK and was likely dealing with a UK subsidiary of Adobe, so the laws would likely be different anyway.
Re:Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger by Nemo_bis on Monday December 18, 2023 @10:33AM (#38683801)
The SEC effectively has worldwide jurisdiction, for something that relates to a USA-listed company. The tip submission form seems relatively lightweight. https://www.sec.gov/whistleblower/submit-a-tip
Re:Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger by andylynch on Monday December 18, 2023 @10:37AM (#38683870)
The UK Bribery Act is, on paper, very strong and broad in application. Unfortunately prosecutions under it are exceptionally rare.
Re:Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger by nicolas_17 on Monday December 18, 2023 @12:10PM (#38685233)
ChatGPT is trained to sound convincing, not to be correct.