
582 F.Supp.2d 535 (2008)
UNITED STATES of America
v.
Viktor KOZENY, Frederic Bourke, Jr., and David Pinkerton, Defendants.
No. 05 Cr. 518(SAS).
United States District Court, S.D. New York.
October 21, 2008.
*536 Harry Chernoff, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, NY, for the Government.
Dan K. Webb, Esq., James David Reich, Jr., Esq., Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant Bourke.

OPINION AND ORDER
SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION
This prosecution relates to alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") by defendant Frederic Bourke, Jr. and others in connection with the privatization of the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic ("SOCAR"). Bourke has requested that the Court make determinations as to the content of applicable law in Azerbaijan and instruct the jury on certain defenses that might be available under the law ofprivatization.[4] Bourke argues that the alleged payments were legal under Azeri law and thus under the FCPA (which provides an affirmative defense for payments that are legal under relevant foreign law) because they were the product of extortion.[5] He also argues that pursuant to Azeri law, any criminality associated with the payments was excused when he reported them to the President of Azerbaijan.[6]
The Government and Bourke have submitted expert reports. The Government's expert is William E. Butler, John Edward Fowler Distinguished Professor of Law at the Dickinson School of Law, Pennsylvania State University, and Emeritus Professor of Comparative Law at the University of London.[7] Bourke's expert, Paul B. Stephan, is the Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Professor of Law at the University of Virginia.[8] On September 11, 2008, the