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The National Rifle Association has sued long-time ad agency Ackerman McQueen and its Mercury Group PR unit for allegedly failing to turn over its business records to justify its billings.
Pam Bondi, who stepped down as Florida's Attorney General this month after an eight-year stint, has joined Ballard Partners to launch and chair its corporate regulatory compliance practice. (1 reader comment)
LEVICK is bringing Derede McAlpin, CCO at Association of Corporate Counsel, back to the firm to lead its litigation communications practice.
As several recent cases have demonstrated, some courts will extend attorney-client privilege to PR firms, while others will not. However, there are some steps that can be taken to better ensure that communication remains protected.
Profile Advisors is working with investor Hanwei Guo in his fraud suit against Tencent Music Entertainment Group, China's largest social media company that expects to complete a $1.2B IPO this month. (1 reader comment)
BCW is handling the legal suit filed today by US Soccer Foundation, the non-profit group that promotes the sport in underserved communities, against the US Soccer Federation.
Increasingly, plaintiff lawyers and governmental units are filing public nuisance lawsuits, which presents unique challenges to PR firms representing defendants. (2 reader comments)
CNN today filed a lawsuit against president Trump to regain the press credentials of chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta. (7 reader comments)
PEN America has sued Donald Trump, claiming his threats to punish the media as retribution for coverage that he doesn’t like is a violation of the First Amendment. (2 reader comments)
Levick alums Ian McCaleb and Robert Gemmill have rejoined DC heavyweight Mark Irion, Hogan Lovells strategic communications head.
CBS issues a subpoena to Cone Communications, looking for its contacts with journalists covering the takeover battle between the broadcaster and majority shareholder, National Amusements Inc.
Joele Frank is working with Barnes & Noble in the bookseller’s nasty squabble with former CEO Demos Parneros, who was fired in July after 15 months at the helm.
CBS is the object of a class action suit which claims that the drop in the network’s share price following revelations of alleged sexual behavior by CBS CEO Leslie Moonves is essentially a case of fraud on the part of the company.
Brunswick Group, Sitrick And Company, Ripp Media, Sard Verbinnen occupy the top rung of the ladder in Chambers and Partners’ debut rankings of PR firms doing legal and litigation support work.
The Legal Marketing Assn., which has more than 4,200 members and representatives in 90 percent of the biggest 200 law firms, is looking for a PR firm to help it become a more vocal advocate for the profession.
Kesha's legal team argues singer/rapper's PR materials are entitled to protection under attorney-client privilege.
Robert Mueller's 13-count indictment against Paul Manafort and Richard Gates claiming the duo generated millions of unreported income from Ukraine and hid the payments by laundering the cash, also includes a charge alleging FARA violations.
Dentons, international law firm, launches Nextlaw Global PA Network, to plug into synergy between legal and public affairs sectors.
A New York court decision on the Empire State's Shield Law puts the free flow of information to the press at risk, according to a report from The Dilenschneider Group.
Ripp Media is handling PR for Bill Cosby’s demand that charges against him by Andrea Constand be dismissed on the ground that the Montgomery County D.A.’s office reneged on a promise not to prosecute Cosby. (6 reader comments)
Oral Nicholas Hillary, who in September was acquitted in a high-profile murder case, is citing a PR firm for its role in taking his story to the press. (1 reader comment)
“Trial by Jury, a Hallowed American Right, Is Vanishing,” says a headline in the Aug. 8 New York Times, referring to both criminal and civil trials. We agree and it’s going on right under our nose.
MWWPR has served a summons on accounting firm Marcum LLP and managing partner Jeffrey Weiner seeking a declaratory judgement that engagement letters are void, illegal and unenforceable. Damages in excess $5 million are being sought.
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