Client Successes
Litigation Communications
When the “court of public opinion”
factors into legal strategies
Marketplace Prominence
Professional profiles raised
with “earned media” initiatives
Damage Control
Responding aggressively to
business and institutional crises
Legal Legacy of Two Wars
Privatization of military activity
creates new legal challenges
Vindicating Trial Win
Litigation communications support
European settlement negotiations
An Olympic Pursuit
Raising awareness of international
consumer fraud investigation
Public Safety Politics
Firefighters raise awareness
and defend their interests
Advising AmLaw 100 Firms
Lending support to large law
firms’ communications teams
Wall Street Compensation
Lawyers for financial services
employees clarify contracts
Eye of the Legal Storm
Hurricane-related litigation
intensifies public policy debate
A President’s Exit
Leaving one of the nation’s
largest universities with respect
Capitol Concerns
The fight over a healthcare law
goes to the U.S. Supreme Court
Road to Redemption
A public official’s controversial
guilty plea and sentence
Confronting a Cultural Icon
Law firms protect clients in
high-profile business litigation
Seven Years and “60 Minutes”
A law firm's commitment
to clearing a client’s name
Oilfield Mystery
Man’s disappearance highlights
kidnap and ransom insurance
No Comment? No Way
Opposing counsel leaks
confidential settlement details
Singing a Different Tune
Famous rock musician
takes on trademark infringer
Under Water
Fishermen sue over collapse
of East Coast lobster fishery
Defense of Diana Memorial Fund
Global charitable work resumes
with resolution of U.S. lawsuit
Cruise Ship Justice
U.S. Supreme Court clarifies
disabled travelers’ rights at sea
Leveling the Playing Field
College coach addresses
NCAA investigation, probation
Establishing Presence
Central American professional
services firm raises its U.S. profile
Arresting Development
Prevented from discussing incident, police officers rely on their lawyers
Into Africa
U.S.-based non-profit begins
work in southern Africa
Legal Legacy of Two Wars
Privatization of military activity creates new legal challenges
The military's continued reliance on private military contractors over the past two decades — and particularly in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars — has generated numerous legal challenges related to the privatization trend. In recent years, Powers MediaWorks LLC has advised:
- Two U.S. law firms representing injured contractors and the families of contractors killed in Iraq in civil claims against a private military contractor.
- A U.S. law firm representing U.S. military personnel and individual contractors in toxic tort claims against a private military contractor.
- A U.S. law firm representing the family of U.S. soldier allegedly fatally injured by an Australian private military contractor in Iraq.
- A U.S. law firm representing U.S. and British military personnel in toxic tort claims against a private military contractor.
- A U.S. - British legal team that represented British military personnel and a Kuwaiti interpreter who pursued the first civil Iraq War claims brought by allied military personnel under the Foreign Claims Act.
- A U.S. legal team pursuing wrongful death and torture claims related to the Iraq War against private military contractors.