The Role of Lobbyists in the Corporate Fraud Accountability Act

David Gergen: Judge Katz is again in the dissent pointing out why all three of these tests don't aren't as easy as you think. Don't do what you think they're doing and are particularly concerning in this statutory framework, he says. Each would face up to 20 years imprisonment rather than the maximum penalties of one year, a criminal fine and six months respectively.Gergen: While this approach would create an escape hatch for those who influence an official proceeding without committing any other crime, it would also supercharge a range of minor advocacy lobbying and protest offenses into 20 year felonies.