Subject: Re: Press Release
From: <[email-masked]>
To: "Joshua Alcorn" <[email-masked]>, "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Cc: <[email-masked]>, "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 17:20:42 +0000 (UTC)

Sorry, Late to the stream - For what i= is worth.

I have consistently been skeptical about putting Beau ou= front on S&G press releases. On this one, not too concerned about exp=anations. It seems like a small risk to Beau and at the same time bails ou= S&G.

Do not think we can make a really bad decision.

<=r>Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App

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From: Josh Alcorn
To: Hunter Bide=
Cc: Alex Snyder-Mackler, Ted Kaufman, Eric Schwerin
Sent:=April 29, 2015 at 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: Press Release

Will do. <=r>

/ja

302-598-1885 (cell)

Sent from=my iPhone, which is responsible for any typos.

On Apr =9, 2015, at 11:51 AM, Hunter Biden <[email-masked]> wrote:

Josh-

I would have a discussion with Stuart about you= concerns and see what he thinks. If he isn't bothered by it than just=go with the flow. Again I'm not too worried about the idea we are &quo=;misleading" people.

RHB
202.333.1880

On Apr 29, 2015, at 11:17 AM, Joshua Alcorn <[email-masked]> wrote:

Well, I don't like how Jay changed this on us and gave us =uch a short time line. But that's just me.

<=iv>Yes, G&E can handle all inquiries. "Mr Biden is excited to con=inue fighting for consumers ... " but not available for comment.

Alex and I spoke and it seems his concern is that if s=me of what Beau's going through now comes to light, explaining the tim=ng of the release would take some, well, explaining.

<=div>
If we're comfortable with that, I'm good letting the rele=se go out as it reads below. We can always say that Beau agreed to this ex=anded role before he went to Jeff.

You'=e right Hunter, this will allow us to add some value without doing anythin= more than putting our name on a press release.

/=a

302-598-1885 (cell)

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On Apr 29, 2015, at =1:05 AM, Hunter Biden <hb=[email-masked]> wrote:

I= there a reason not to do this as they propose?
G&E can handle resp=nse for Beau w/o Beau having to actually be on phone- right?

Ide=lly we don't want to be generating any press right now, but it's a=so an easy way to be participating and adding value w/o having to do too m=ch at the moment.

In my opinion if this is something they really=want I wouldn't push back unless I'm missing something.
RHB

On Apr 29, 2015, at 9:56 AM, Joshua Alcor= <[email-masked]> wro=e:

We fired Reuben, the director of the=whistle blower group on Friday. Yesterday we fired someone else for asking=clients to terminate their contracts with the firm and join him (and I bel=eve Reuben) in a new firm. So it's partly a press thing and partly fir= morale.

/ja

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=div>
On Apr 29, 2015, at 9:52 AM, [email-masked]> wrote:<=r>

Sorry - this hasn't gone out yet. Th=y'd like to send it today.

/ja

302-598-188= (cell)

Sent from my iPhone, which is responsible for =ny typos.

On Apr 29, 2015, at 9:14 AM, Joshua Alcorn &=t;[email-masked]> wrote:=br>

Hi folks, attached see a press release =rom the firm.

Context: We fired the director who handled t=e whistleblower group. A few weeks ago Stuart asked Beau if, when we issue= this release, it could say that he's "expanding his work with wh=stle blowers" but the focus of the release would be announcing the ne= directors. Beau agreed.

However, Jay changed his mind and=the release has a different feel than what Beau and I initially agreed to.=As you'll see below, the lede is Beau's expanded role. What do you=think? I'm fine pushing back on Jay, since we agreed to something diff=rent with Stuart. I think we'll get inquiries regardless of how this i= handled. I also think Stuart doesn't care what the lede is.
=br>
/ja

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Begin forw=rded message:

From: Elise Martin <=a href="mailto:[email-masked]" >[email-masked]>
Date:=/b> April 29, 2015 at 9:00:12 AM EDT
To: Joshua Alcorn <[email-masked]>
Subject: Press Release

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Josh –

The release is attached and b=low.

Thanks,

Elise

From:  Elise Martin
302-6=2-7004
[email-masked]

Allan Ripp
212-2=2-7477

Beau Biden expands work with Whistleblo=ers

Grant & Eisenhofer Also Announces Firm directors Sabella and T=omas will co-chair the Firm’s false claims litigation practice group= responsible for continued growth and oversight
of the practice group.

NEW YORK/WILMINGTON, DEGrant & Eisenhofer P.A. today announced that Joseph R. &ldquo=Beau” Biden III, of counsel to G&E and former Delaware Attor=ey General, will expand his work on behalf of the Firm’s whistleblow=r clients.  As Attorney General, Mr. Biden’s work on behalf
of homeowners led to more than $185 million in financial benefits Delaware=consumers and government agencies and, under his leadership, the Delaware =epartment of Justice participated in settlements with three of the nation&=squo;s largest banks, making Delaware
one of only four states to do so.

“This is a natural exte=sion of what Beau does best,” said G&E co-founder and managing d=rector
Stuart Grant.   “With Beau, whistleblower clients kn=w they have an advocate who is willing to fight for them and put their bes= interest at heart.”

Additionally, the Firm announ=ed that it has named directors
James J. Sabella and Mary S. Thomas as co-heads of G&E&rs=uo;s whistleblower/Qui-Tam litigation practice.

“Collectively, Jim and Mary have a significant=track record of experience and successful results in representing the Firm=rsquo;s clients in whistleblower cases,” Grant added.  “T=eir expertise in working with the Department of Justice, numerous
state attorneys general and other government entities is a great benefit t= our qui-tam litigation group and, more importantly, the clients we repres=nt.”

Mr. Sabella, who has been with G&E since 2004, h=s over thirty-five years of experience in complex civil litigation involvi=g trial and appellate work in state and federal courts.  Mr. Sabella =as represented whistleblowers in major cases
that have resulted in large recoveries, including: a $95 million recovery =nvolving fraudulent mortgage assignments resolved as part of the governmen=’s $25 billion settlement with five of the world’s largest ban=s.  Mr. Sabella is a 1976 graduate of Columbia
Law School, where he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Columbi= Law Review.  He received a B.A. summa cum laude from Columbia Colleg= in 1972 and a B.S. in 1973 from the Columbia School of Engineering where =e was valedictorian.

Ms. Thomas, who joined G&= in 2006, has twenty years of experience in complex civil litigation. = Ms. Thomas investigates qui tam related claims and represents whistleblow=rs in false claims act cases.  She currently
represents the relator in a Delaware False Claims and Reporting Act case c=ncerning unclaimed gift card balances.
Ms. Thomas graduated magna cum laude from Ha=vard Law School in 1994 and
magna cum laude from the University of Delaware in 1991.

=

Over the past several years, G&E’s false c=aims litigation practice has had unprecedented success representing whistl=blowers in the government’s $1.6 billion settlement with Abbott (201=); its $1.04 billion settlement with GlaxoSmithKline
(2012); its $257 million settlement with Pfizer (Wyeth) (2013); its $97 mi=lion settlement with Community Health Systems (2014); and its $24.9 millio= dollar settlement with Amgen (2013).  The Firm currently represents =elators in a number of ongoing cases.

###

About Grant & Eisenh=fer

Grant & Eisenhofer is one of the nation’s leading litigation f=rms, with a highly successful track record representing plaintiffs in comp=ex litigation and arbitration matters.  The firm has offices in Wilmi=gton, New York, Washington DC and Chicago, and
an international docket of high-profile cases. G&E’s clients inc=ude institutional investors, whistleblowers and other stakeholders in secu=ities class actions, derivative lawsuits, consumer class actions, antitrus= suits, bankruptcy litigation and whistleblower
cases involving the False Claims Act.  The firm has recovered more than $28 billion in the l=st 10 years and has twice been cited by RiskMetrics for securing the highe=t average investor recovery in securities
class actions. G&E has been named one of the country’s top plain=iffs’ law firms by
The National Law Journal for the past ten years, and was named one o= the nation’s “Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms” by
Law360.  For more information, visit
www.gelaw.com.

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