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
An Olympic Pursuit
Raising awareness of international consumer fraud investigation
Weeks before the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, consumers throughout the world were defrauded by official-looking ticketing Web sites. Complete with logos and impressive details of Beijing event venues and other facilities, the scam sites also victimized parents and family members of Olympic athletes.
Powers MediaWorks LLC was retained to support a Texas law firm’s global investigation of the scam and related communications efforts.
As the Beijing Games began, the law firm quickly launched a Web site as an online resource for people who had been defrauded. Within days, the site recorded thousands of visits from 138 countries and territories. The scope of the fraud soon became clear. News outlets from around the world covered the scam and the developing investigations.
The law firm, which cooperated with law enforcement authorities in the U.S. and in Europe, fostered support for civil and criminal investigations of the scam. Several individuals, who were charged with various crimes in the U.K. within a year of the Beijing Games, are awaiting trial. In a separate civil proceeding, three individuals recently were found “guilty of deceit and conspiring to injure by unlawful means” by a High Court in London.
The law firm also initiated a two-year campaign to reform the ticketing process to improve access for families of athletes who earned their way to the Olympics so that they would be less vulnerable to online ticket scams. Organizers for the 2010 Vancouver and 2012 London Olympics have announced ticketing policy changes and the issue continues to be debated in public policy and news forums.