More recently, Bacardi lawyers were influential in the drafting of the 1996 Helms-Burton Act, which sought to extend the scope of the United States embargo against Cuba.
近年来，百加得的律师团在1996年赫尔姆斯-伯顿法案（Helms-Burton Act）的起草中起了颇多影响，该法案扩展了美国对古巴禁运的规模与范围。