Legal Listening: The Fox Rothschild LLP Podcast Foxcast Legal Listening

How can a chief operating officer be most impactful at a registered investment advisor firm?
In this episode, host Matt Baum chats with Matt Sonnen, COO of Coldstream Wealth Management. They discuss what it means to be a COO in an RIA firm, building trust with leadership and crafting both the right company culture and streamlined operational processes for long-term success.

Episode 35
A Double-Edged Sword? The DOJ Confronts AI

Like all new technologies, AI isn’t naturally good or bad. But it can be used by people motivated to do terrible – and possibly criminal – things.

That’s the view of Mark McCreary, our Chief Artificial Intelligence & Information Security Officer. He joins series host Matt Adams to discuss AI in light of DOJ Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco’s public statements this year surrounding the emerging technology.

Mark offers his perspective on the future of machine cognition, including whether it’s possible to recognize potential criminal activities aided by AI. The pair also explores legal and ethical perspectives of using generative AI in the workplace. You’ll hear valuable recommendations on how to incorporate this new technology into your business while establishing guardrails and policies to keep proprietary and personal data secure.

If you’re using or considering using Gen AI in your workplace, this episode is for you.

Episode 34
A Conversation With Jesse Eisinger, Author of 'The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives'

In a single decade, the prosecutions of those accused of white-collar crime underwent a radical transformation. This thought-provoking episode will take you back in time to explore the DOJ approach in the early 2000s Enron era and walk you forward into the Great Recession and the collapse of the financial markets.

Jesse Eisinger, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, joins host Matt Adams to discuss his book, "The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives."
The pair discusses how the pendulum swung drastically from a time of nightly executive perp walks on the evening news, to today, where settlements reign supreme and accountability for inflicting widespread economic harm via white-collar crimes is absent.

You’ll discover the historical context for the Department of Justice's current Principles of Corporate Prosecution and find out how politics — sometimes counterintuitively — plays into the Department of Justice’s actions.

Episode 33
Framing the Narrative: Journalism's Influence on the Presumption of Innocence

In this insightful episode, Pulitzer-nominated journalist Mark Di Ionno talks candidly about how the media can affect the court of public opinion for defendants facing criminal accusations.

Throughout Mark’s 40+ years of reporting, he has maintained and demonstrated empathy for the people who are at the heart of any story he’s written. He and host Matt Adams explore how changes in journalism, including the way reporters approach a story and the impact left by a digital footprint, may have eroded the presumption of innocence to which every defendant is entitled.

This episode also offers insight into how defense attorneys can flex the media narrative to benefit and protect their clients.

Living with a manipulative parent who exercises coercive control can be a silent struggle for children.

Dr. Christine Cocchiola, DSW, LCSW, a clinician and social work professor, joins Sandra Fava to highlight the profound consequences of parent-on-parent abusive relationships on a family.

They detail the often unexpected and counterintuitive responses that can manifest for children as coping mechanisms when a parent is abusive. They also discuss the best ways to support a child who is experiencing this in their family life.

With laws already changing in some states, Christine and Sandra speculate on how the court and legal systems could better respond to families and individuals victimized by coercive control abuse.

Episode 32
Celebrating Women’s History Month With WWCDA’s Global Chair and Co-Founder

The Women’s White Collar Defense Association is an integral force in the world of white-collar law. It personifies the theme of this year’s Women’s History Month: “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.”

Global chair and co-founder of WWCDA, Karen Popp, and Marissa Koblitz Kingman, our partner and a leader in WWCDA’s New Jersey chapter, join host Matt Adams in this special episode in recognition of Women’s History Month.

The trio examines the major strides made by WWCDA since its founding in 1999 and highlights its impact today on the practice of white-collar criminal defense law for both men and women. Marissa also shares how her involvement and leadership in WWCDA have benefited her career and practice.