When your client is under investigation by the Federal Government, a time-honored practice that is often pursued by white collar practitioners is an early sit down with the lead AUSA to discuss the legal and factual...more
When conducting public relations, there is a great deal of lingo shared among journalists and public relations experts. Here is what you need to know about media terminology. “On the record” or “for the record” mean that...more
In his short but impactful tenure as White House Communications Director, Anthony “The Mooch” Scaramucci taught anyone new at interacting with the press a valuable lesson – understand and be wary of going “Off the Record”...more
As we have discussed many times in this blog, one of the fundamental rules of appellate practice is if something is not in the record, it did not happen. For that reason, it is important to try to eliminate arguments held...more
On January 2, 2014, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ordered a Russian foreign national to pay a $250,000 civil penalty for making false and misleading statements to CFTC staff in an interview during an...more