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
Vindicating Trial Win
Litigation communications support European settlement negotiations
A litigant's public opinion leverage can be a potent dynamic in winning or resolving a legal matter.
After winning a record verdict in a U.S. court, an international business concern with interests in Australia and abroad sought to intensify settlement pressure on a European defendant.
As the case moved through post-judgment appeals (and the Australian concern's legal position strengthened with each ruling), a series of news reports appeared in European financial pages. The reports examined evidence introduced in the trial and analyzed, among other things, rumored threats to bankrupt subsidiaries of the European defendant to avoid paying the judgment.
In subsequent negotiations in London, the European company's CEO indirectly confirmed the effect of the news coverage by repeatedly expressing his indifference to persistent news coverage of the dispute.
A nine-figure settlement soon was announced, just as the European company sought market support for a restructuring proposal. Counsel for the Australian concern soon resolved the case, convinced that the targeted news coverage that they and their client discreetly developed had helped prevent another round of costly litigation.