Litigation PR Pro McCaleb Moves to Mercury
Mon, Oct. 21, 2019
By Kevin McCauley
Ian McCaleb, who led Hogan Lovells’ litigation communications & crisis group and chaired Levick’s legal advisory practice, has joined Mercury as managing director.
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Ian McCaleb, who led Hogan Lovells’ litigation communications & crisis group and chaired Levick’s legal advisory practice, has joined Mercury as managing director.
A former marketing communications executive for Qatar Airways Americas and Hilton pleaded guilty to fraud Sept. 5 in US federal court. She faces up to 20 years in prison.
A Bayer-commissioned probe released today clears FleishmanHillard of illegal behavior regarding its 2016 and 2017 PR activities on behalf of Monsanto.
US Soccer Federation, which has been waging a high stakes battle with members of the four-World-Cup-winning women’s team over pay equity with men, has hired Van Ness Feldman.
Finsbury is working media for Reckitt Benckiser Group’s record $1.4B opioid-linked settlement with the Justice Dept. and Federal Trade Commission. (1 reader comment)
Ripp Media, Brunswick Group and Sard Verbinnen & Co. are top US PR firms for legal and litigation support, according to Chambers and Partners, legal rankings service in London. (1 reader comment)
BerlinRosen is handling the sexual harassment and gender discrimination case filed by Karen Dunbar, a 26-year advertising veteran, against TracyLocke agency, which is part of Omnicom.
New York attorney general Letitia James wants people to stand up to politicos who diminish America's democracy by relentlessly attacking the freedom of the press and criticizing specific news outlets as dishonest.
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.
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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.
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