Subject: Re: Press Release
From: <[email-masked]>
To: "Joshua Alcorn" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 13:20:59 +0000 (UTC)

You are right. Starkey is just fishing= I would not check any rumors.

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------ Original Message ------

From: J=sh Alcorn
To: Ted Kaufman
Cc: Hunter Biden, Alex Snyde=-Mackler, Eric Schwerin
Sent: April 30, 2015 at 1:59 PM
Su=ject: Re: Press Release

Starkey just called. I sent him to VM. He asked for an=update on the gov race and was "trying to track down a rumor that Bea= would be withdrawing from the race soon." I'll ask around and se= if anyone else is hearing that, or if this is Jon fishing. Regardless, I =on't see the need to call him back unless you folks think it's wor=h it.

/ja

302-598-1885 (cell)

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

On Apr 29, 2015, at 1:20 PM, Sorry, Late to the stream - For what it is worth.

I=have consistently been skeptical about putting Beau out front on S&G p=ess releases. On this one, not too concerned about explanations. It seems =ike a small risk to Beau and at the same time bails out S&G.

D= not think we can make a really bad decision.

Sent from Xfinity=Connect Mobile App

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

Will do.

/ja

302-598-1885 (cell)

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On Apr 29, 2015, at 11:51 AM, Hunter Biden <[email-masked]> wrote:

Josh-

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

RHB
202.333.1=80

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

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

Yes, G&E can handle all inquiries. "Mr Biden =s excited to continue fighting for consumers ... " but not available =or comment.

Alex and I spoke and it seems his con=ern is that if some of what Beau's going through now comes to light, e=plaining the timing of the release would take some, well, explaining. =

If we're comfortable with that, I'm good=letting the release go out as it reads below. We can always say that Beau =greed to this expanded role before he went to Jeff.

You're right Hunter, this will allow us to add some value with=ut doing anything more than putting our name on a press release.

/ja

302-598-1885 (cell)

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

On =pr 29, 2015, at 11:05 AM, Hunter Biden <[email-masked]> wrote:

Is there a reason not to do this as they propose?
G&= can handle response for Beau w/o Beau having to actually be on phone- rig=t?

Ideally we don't want to be generating any press right no=, but it's also an easy way to be participating and adding value w/o h=ving to do too much at the moment.

In my opinion if this is some=hing they really want I wouldn't push back unless I'm missing some=hing.
RHB
202.333.1880

On Apr 29, 2015, at 9:56=AM, Joshua Alcorn <josh@beaubide=.com> wrote:

We fired Reuben, th= director of the whistle blower group on Friday. Yesterday we fired someon= else for asking clients to terminate their contracts with the firm and jo=n him (and I believe Reuben) in a new firm. So it's partly a press thi=g and partly firm morale.

/ja

302-598-1885 (ce=l)

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On Apr 29, 2015, at 9:52 AM, [email-masked] wrote:

What's the timing hook? As in, why today (or this week)
<=r>

ASM

On Apr 29, 2015, at 9:46 AM,=Joshua Alcorn <[email-masked]=> wrote:

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

/ja302-598-1885 (cell)

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On Apr 29, 2015, at 9:14 AM= Joshua Alcorn <[email-masked]=m> wrote:

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

Context: We fired the direc=or who handled the whistleblower group. A few weeks ago Stuart asked Beau =f, when we issued this release, it could say that he's "expanding=his work with whistle blowers" but the focus of the release would be =nnouncing the new directors. Beau agreed.

However, Jay cha=ged his mind and the release has a different feel than what Beau and I ini=ially agreed to. As you'll see below, the lede is Beau's expanded =ole. What do you think? I'm fine pushing back on Jay, since we agreed =o something different with Stuart. I think we'll get inquiries regardl=ss of how this is handled. I also think Stuart doesn't care what the l=de is.

/ja

302-598-1885 (cell)

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Begin forwarded message:

From: =lise Martin <[email-masked]: April 29, 2015 at 9:00:12 AM EDT
To: Joshua=Alcorn <[email-masked]>=br>Subject: Press Release

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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