There’s a Reporter on the Line: 10 Tips to Ethically Maximize a Media Phone Interview

07 Mar , 2025

To register for the upcoming live webinar, please Click Here

You’ve arranged to speak with a reporter. Do you know how to deliver insights that are memorable? Do you know the boundaries of what you can say to advocate for your client, without going beyond what is permitted when engaging in extrajudicial communications? Review the relevant Rules of Professional Conduct with an eye on keeping your remarks ethically sound. Learn how to respond to questions with quotable answers that get your points across.

Ethical Considerations:

RPC 1.6 Rule of Confidentiality of Information

RPC 3.6 Rule on Extrajudicial Statements

RPC 3.6(a) Trial Publicity

RPC 3.6(c) Trial Publicity: Limits Do Not Apply

RPC 3.6(d) Trial Publicity

RPC 3.8 (f) Prosecutors

ABA Model Rule 8.4(c) Conduct involving Dishonesty, Fraud, Deceit or Misrepresentation

ABA Model Rule 8.4(d) Conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice

FRCP 11 Prohibits filing a pleading for any improper purpose

 

To register for the upcoming live webinar, please Click Here

More Webcasts

What Should I Do? ...

"I think he drinks too much - but he's my boss!" “She's the firm's rainmaker, but something i...

Ode to the Joy of HI...

As the Holiday Season is upon us, the widely known “12 Days of Christmas” comes to mind ...

Choosing Legal Malpr...

This one-hour program will look at the key differences in policies available in the marketplace, dif...

Maintaining Ethical ...

Join Steve Herman on December 8, 2025, for "Maintaining Ethical Standards: Essential Strategies for ...

Welcome to the NFL, ...

The always idiosyncratic Nassim Taleb likes to say, “Nothing is more permanent than ‘tem...

False Claims Act & F...

Whether the Federal Government or individual State Governments, fraud enforcement, especially in hea...

Scam Typologies and ...

Scam typologies help legal professionals by providing a framework to understand, identify, and preve...

Stress and Trauma in...

We are at that time again. Resolution time. Or maybe they’re already nothing more than another...

Synthetic Identity F...

Synthetic identity fraud creates a significant legal and compliance challenge for professionals by c...

Cellphone Forensics ...

Cellphones represent one of the fastest-changing areas of legal practice. Mobile device evidence is ...