Legal Listening: The Fox Rothschild LLP Podcast
Fox Rothschild LLP is a national law firm with over 1000 attorneys coast to coast. Our lawyers provide a full range of legal services to public and private companies – from family-run businesses to multinational corporations. We also represent charitable, medical and educational institutions both in the United States and in more than 50 countries worldwide. In our podcasts, the attorneys of Fox share their insight and knowledge on some of today’s most pertinent legal issues impacting individuals and businesses.
Episodes
September 30, 2025 • 54 mins
Episode 70
Fireside Chat With Rachel Barkow and Casey Michel
Recorded at our 2025 White-Collar Symposium earlier this month, this special episode gives guests Rachel Barkow and Casey Michel an opportunity to address the issues explored in each other’s books.
With host Matt Adams as moderator, Rachel — an author, law professor and former clerk for Justice Antonin Scalia — and Casey — an investigative journalist and Director of ...
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September 16, 2025 • 49 mins
Episode 69
Unpacking Cashless Bail: Equity vs. Public Safety
The debate over cashless bail has intensified following the August Executive Order calling for its nationwide elimination.
In this episode, host Matt Adams moderates a conversation featuring dueling perspectives on the cashless bail issue from guests Chanel Rhymes and Ken Good.
Chanel is the Director of Advocacy for the Northwest Community Bail Fund, which provid...
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August 19, 2025 • 62 mins
Episode 68
The Legacy and Lessons of Guantanamo Bay: A Defense Attorney’s Perspective
More than two decades have passed since the doors of Guantanamo Bay were opened to house alleged terrorists. Those doors remain open, though the number of detainees has dwindled to 15.
In this episode, Mark Denbeaux, Professor Emeritus and Director of the Center for Policy and Research at Seton Hall University School of Law, shares his person...
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August 5, 2025 • 67 mins
Episode 67
Shattering the Myth of Rational Justice
The American justice system is based on incorrect assumptions about the rationality and logic of human behavior.
That’s according to Drexel University Law Professor Adam Benforado, the New York Times bestselling author of Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice.
Using the disciplines of psychology and social science upon which he based his book, Adam and host Matt Ad...
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July 22, 2025 • 35 mins
Episode 66
Tariff Uncertainty and Compliance Risks for Businesses
The Trump administration’s fluctuating tariffs pose major compliance risks for businesses operating in the U.S.
Dive into the challenges they pose to businesses that rely on imported goods and services as Marina Gentile joins host Matt Adams to break down the complex aspects of global transfer pricing. A Partner and Lead of the Global Transfer Pricing Strategies...
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July 8, 2025 • 39 mins
Episode 65
The Power of Interpretation: Constitutional Meaning in the Modern World
The Constitution takes center stage in this latest episode with legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of UC Berkeley Law, who is renowned for his studies of constitutional law and federal civil procedure.
He and host Matt Adams dig into how the Constitution is interpreted, and occasionally misunderstood, by elected and appointed federal governm...
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June 24, 2025 • 60 mins
Episode 64
Cages We Built: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America
The U.S. imprisons a larger percentage of its population than any other country in the world. How did we get here?
Rachel Barkow, Charles Seligson Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Zimroth Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at New York University School of Law, returns to the podcast for an in-depth discussion on that very topic with ho...
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June 10, 2025 • 38 mins
Episode 63
Enforcement Priorities of the Second Trump Administration: The False Claims Act
The Deputy Attorney General of the United States has made it clear that the Department of Justice intends to enforce the False Claims Act (FCA) in a way it never has before: in the pursuit of civil rights fraud.
Listen as host Matt Adams is joined by his Fox colleagues Jana Volante Walshak and Kevin Raphael to break down the DOJ's interna...
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May 27, 2025 • 49 mins
Episode 62
The Tragic Toll of Conspiracy Theories: The Seth Rich Story
A violent, unsolved murder of an up-and-coming young professional in our nation’s capital. A grieving family in the Midwest. And conspiracy theories both ignited and inflamed by politics.
Listen in as investigative journalist Andy Kroll returns to the podcast to dive into his book, “A Death on W Street: The Murder of Seth Rich and the Age of Conspiracy.”
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May 13, 2025 • 46 mins
Episode 61
A Call to Service: From Public Duty to Spiritual Advocacy
Father Joseph Ciccone's mission to serve the public has been an unwavering and guiding force throughout his life.
He’s held many titles over the years: Police Officer. Teacher. Detective. Bergen County Sheriff. Priest. But the title that brings him to the podcast today is that of convicted felon.
Father Joe joins host Matt Adams to detail his life of public...
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May 1, 2025 • 10 mins
The Trump administration has issued approximately 130 executive orders so far, and many deal with environmental and energy matters.
Listen as David Colvin and Karen Davis, Co-Chairs of our ESG Practice, dive into the emerging themes of these executive orders.
They specifically dig into the details of EO 14260, “Protecting American Energy From State Overreach" — which calls for federal action against localized energy laws — an...
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April 29, 2025 • 36 mins
Episode 60
Enforcement Priorities of the Second Trump Administration: Employee Retention Tax Credit
Five years and two presidential administrations later, tensions remain — with the IRS and tax credit applicants — over the pandemic-era Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERC).
While the IRS has been continuing a Biden-era restrictive policy, a new mandate may be coming when a new IRS Commissioner is confirmed.
Fox attorneys Brian B...
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April 15, 2025 • 55 mins
Episode 59
Enforcement Priorities of the Second Trump Administration: DOJ Focus
While President Trump’s first administration focused on reshaping the judiciary, he’s indicated a priority of his second administration will be reshaping the federal justice system.
In this episode, reporter Andy Kroll and host Matt Adams explore the commonalities among recent U.S. Attorney appointments and how these newly named individuals may imp...
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March 31, 2025 • 48 mins
Episode 58
Enforcement Priorities of the Second Trump Administration: IRS Investigations
What’s on the Trump administration’s agenda when it comes to federal investigations?
Listen to the first in a series of episodes aimed at answering that question.
Former IRS Special Agent Jonathan Schnatz joins host Matt Adams to discuss his experience as world events and changing presidential administrations shifted IRS priorities during...
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March 17, 2025 • 70 mins
Episode 57
Wired for Truth: The Art & Science of Polygraphs
The polygraph test: We’ve all seen it used in popular movies, but what is it the truth behind how it’s used in the criminal justice system?
Jerry Lewis, a retired New Jersey State Police lieutenant who’s been administering polygraphs since 1981, joins host Matt Adams to peer inside the mechanics of the test.
They explore the science at work in a polygraph machine an...
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March 16, 2025 • 18 mins
From executive orders to state laws, elements of ESG are being transformed.
Podcast hosts David Colvin and Karen Davis, who also co-chair the firm’s ESG Practice Group, explore the impact of the New York Climate Change Superfund Act and consider how it may serve as a springboard toward a potential uptick in state climate change actions.
They also turn to the Trump administration’s executive orders regarding DEI. This episode e...
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March 3, 2025 • 44 mins
Episode 56
A Strategic Gamble: The Risks, Costs and Rewards of Going to Trial
Statistics weigh heavily against defendants in the criminal justice system. Only 0.4% were acquitted after trial in federal cases during fiscal year 2022.
In this latest podcast episode, host Matt Adams is joined by firm colleague Patrick Egan, whom Matt describes as “the type of trial lawyer you go to when your only option is to roll the dice and ...
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February 18, 2025 • 53 mins
Episode 55
The Power of the Presidential Pardon: Traditions and Turning Points
Recent presidential pardons by both sides of the political aisle are unprecedented in their purposes, which were wielded both to reward and protect.
That’s according to Rachel Barkow, Charles Seligson Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Zimroth Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at New York University School of Law.
A prolific ...
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February 5, 2025 • 16 mins
In the second part of his conversation with host Matt Baum, Jeff Nash, CEO and Co-Founder of Bridgemark Strategies, shares the due diligence all advisors should undertake to ensure their clients will be supported both during and after a sale. He also counsels on the value of hiring top legal counsel for corporate transactions – and why they are more than worth the price.
He additionally reveals his trademarked “three Fs” that ad...
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February 4, 2025 • 49 mins
Episode 54
The Flaws of FARA: Feeble Oversight of Billions in Foreign Influence
Journey back in time as we explore the origins of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) — and trace its impact on reshaping the public image of some of the most corrupt foreign entities over the past 50 years.
Author Casey Michel returns to the podcast to join host Matt Adams to discuss Foreign Agents: How American Lobbyists and Lawmakers Thre...
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