ANALYSIS: Foreign Agents Registration Act in a New Era (Podcast)

DOJ recently announced it is stepping up enforcement of FARA (the Foreign Agents Registration Act), breathing new life into this World War II-era law. FARA requires “agents” of a foreign principal to register with the Justice Department. But Joe Moreno, a former federal prosecutor and partner at Cadwalader, thinks the law is vague and is being applied too broadly.

In one of the cases to come out of the Mueller investigation, former Skadden partner Greg Craig was acquitted of FARA charges over his representation of the Ukrainian government. The case is an example of DOJ’s increased focus on U.S.-foreign ...