On 21 August, a post on the FCPA Blog discusses why more defendants do not seek to rely upon the “extortion defence” against bribery charges under the US FCPA. The reasons, apart from the world “extortion” not appearing in the FCPA, include allegations of extortion require evidence of real and specific threats.
https://fcpablog.com/2020/08/21/at-large-is-this-why-nobody-talks-about-the-fcpa-extortion-defense/