Justice Department releases FARA advisory opinions

Justice Department releases FARA advisory opinions

June 8, 2018, Politico

Robert Kelner is quoted in a Politico article regarding the Justice Department's release of FARA advisory opinions. Kelner describes the decision as "a long time coming.” “FARA practitioners have been asking for years to see DOJ's secret trove of FARA advisory opinions,” Kelner says. “This isn't by any means all of them, but it's a good start. DOJ is beginning to pull back the curtain." He also predicts that the release of the opinions will accelerate the expansion of FARA practices at law firms, noting that at the moment, “there are probably fewer than a dozen lawyers in the whole country who are true FARA experts.”