Virtual Conference 
CONFERENCE FORMAT CHANGE
We’re Going Virtual!
Due to social distancing and large group gathering restrictions, the 2nd National Forum on FARA has changed format from a live, in-person event to an interactive, virtual conference.
The conference will follow a similar schedule and agenda as originally planned.
Law firms, lobby shops, PR, Media, Tech and SEO Firms –and individual lawyers and advisors– are confronting unprecedented FARA prosecution risks.
Government Faculty
Adam S. Hickey
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
National Security Division
U.S. Department of Justice
Brandon Van Grack
Chief, FARA Unit
U.S. Department of Justice
Jay Bratt
Chief of the Counterintelligence & Export Control Section (CES)
National Security Division
U.S. Department of Justice
John C. Demers
Assistant Attorney General for National Security
U.S. Department of Justice
Conference Co-Chairs
David H. Laufman
Partner
Wiggin and Dana LLP
(Former Chief, Counterintelligence and Export Control Section, National Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice)
Matthew T. Sanderson
Member, Co-Leader of the Political Law Group
Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered
The U.S. Department of Justice has confirmed that FARA enforcement remains one of its key priorities. Attend this critically important event as you and your clients weather a rapidly evolving landscape.
Join government officials and leading practitioners for practical discussion of complex, high stakes issues, including:
- The New FARA Crosshairs-and Limits on Exemptions: Key Takeaways on Individuals, Entities and “Non-Traditional Groups” Under the Microscope
- Attorneys and the “Lawyer Exemption”
- Lobbyists and the LDA Exemption
- PR, Media, Tech and SEO Firms
- Corporations, Executives, Non-Profits, Think Tanks and “The Commercial Exemption”
- FARA Compliance Program Pitfalls: How Much Due Diligence is Enough to “Know Your Client”
- Practitioner “War Stories”: Practical Unwritten Rules, Tough Decision-Making and Emerging Case Management Challenges
DOJ Steps Up ‘Foreign Agent’ Scrutiny with Demands Raising Specter of Court Action
—Law.Com
New FARA Opinions Show Justice Department’s Broad Interpretation of Law
—Politico
