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Vision Americas International has filed a $1.3M contract to provide communications and PA support to Vinson & Elkins to backstop its legal work on behalf of the ad hoc board of Petroleos de Venezuela, the US recognized representative of the state-owned energy giant.
FGS Global handles Albertsons Co. as it sues former merger partner Kroger for failing to fight for approval of the deal after it was blocked by a federal judge.
Michael Frishberg, who was global COO at Kroll financial and risk advisory, has signed on as a senior advisor at C Street Advisory Group.
A 30-year industry vet gives a look inside the Land of the Law from a PR person's perspective.
Mike McNamara, the former US CEO of Dentons, has joined Baretz+Brunelle, which serves the legal economy, as its first CEO.
Publicis Health has agreed to shell out $350M to settle claims that its predatory and deceptive marketing for Purdue Pharma designed to increase sales of OxyContin helped fuel the opioid crisis, according to New York attorney general Letitia James.
Andrew Garson pled guilty in New York federal court on Nov. 1 to charges that he defrauded his former employers MWWPR and Catalyst PR of millions of dollars. He agreed to pay $3.8M in restitution and could be sentenced to 20 years in jail.
Chambers puts Reevemark, FGS Global, The Levinson Group, Trident DMG and Brunswick Group at the top of the heap for firms providing litigation PR and communications in its newly released rankings for 2023.
Gloria Labbad, partner and senior counsel at FGS Global, has joined Heather Podesta’s Invariant as it beefs up its litigation communications unit.
Reevemark strategic communications shop and Penta Group, which calls itself a “comprehensive stakeholder solutions firm," represented Dominion Voting Systems in its legal battle with Fox Corp and Fox News.
Gold Corp. has tapped Reevemark to develop a comprehensive communications program that supports its legal strategy.
Peter Kadushin, who handled global PR and issues management at Amazon, has joined Trident DMG as VP.
FGS Global stands alone in Chambers' top tier of US nationwide crisis PR & communications category, according to this year's rankings. The Levinson Group jumps from Band 3 to Band 2.
The new gallows humor in both legal and public relations circles could be: They won their lawsuits, but then lost their careers—or jobs.
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Baretz+Brunelle has hired Chris Ford, a veteran of the legal technology marketplace, as chief marketing and business development officer.
Brunswick Group, Sard Verbinnen & Co. and Trident DMG were named the top PR & communications firms offering litigation support in this year’s rankings from Chambers.
Infinite Global has added Clay Steward, who practiced law in Los Angeles, to its west coast team.
Dominion Voting Systems files $1.6B defamation suit against Fox News and owner Rupert Murdoch over the network's coverage of the 2020 presidential election. Fox says its coverage represents 'the highest tradition of American journalism' and dismisses suit as 'baseless.'
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