[1] It is a form of corruption which does not necessarily involve government personnel or facilities.
Other related offenses are payola in the entertainment industry, match fixing in sports, corruption of labor union officials, and bid rigging in non-governmental contracts.
There is no federal statute that by its terms expressly prohibits commercial bribery generally though it is mentioned as part of the definition of aggravated felony for the purposes of US immigration law and is prohibited to induce sales of alcoholic beverages through commercial bribery.
Among them are California,[4] Delaware,[5] Massachusetts,[6] New Jersey,[7] New York, Texas,[8] and Washington.
New York's law against commercial bribery is contained in Article 180 of the state's penal code.