When a company makes a mistake, they want public relations professionals to fix the problem. Unfortunately, sometimes mistakes can’t be fixed, even with the best pros on the planet. The Irish Times has an article about how the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is upset because one of its investments has gotten bad press. The organization owns a…
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Sometimes an organization’s publicity campaign can backfire and in the process cause a substantial lawsuit. Jennifer Emily had a story in The Dallas Morning News about Nina Pham, who was a nurse caring for the country’s first Ebola patient. The patient died, and Pham got the virus and could have died herself. Actually, she can still
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An attorney may have a law degree, credentials, and lots of CLE training, but it’s all not enough if the person makes unwise, embarrassing decisions. Mark Wilson wrote about attorney Jennifer Gaubert, whose behavior is sending her to jail in his blog post, “Drunk Lawyer Who Groped Cabbie Convicted of Criminal Mischief”. The lawyer took
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There’s a saying that you should be careful for what you wish for, but what’s even more important is to be careful what you promise. Leah Beno reports at KMSP-TV in Minneapolis that Target promised about 40 people new jobs, then those new hires were told two weeks before they were supposed to start that they
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We often talk about robbing Peter to pay Paul, but here’s a case of robbing getting even more out of hand. In DNAInfo, Erin Meyer describes a man who committed one crime for another in her story, “Student Stole Laptops To Pay Court Fees From Burglary Case, Officials Say.” The laptops were stolen from a health
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Some groups are so desperate for attention, they’ll do whatever they can to attract publicity. Even the Ku Klux Klan has its own promotional plan, though it seems like fiction. Dana Wachter’s story “KKK drops recruitment candy bags in Oconee Co. neighborhood” for Fox Carolina describes how people in a suburban area found bags of
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A criminal defense attorney may not have the most glamorous job in the profession. However, Daniel Muessig has embraced the job, and created a video to advertise his services that has gotten him more clients. The video has gone viral and has gotten a lot of media attention, but it’s also controversial and has made other
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I was on vacation with my family, and we stayed in a hotel that got their measurements wrong. The bathroom door in our room couldn’t close because it was not able to clear the toilet, so the hotel had to cut part of the door off to make it work. Who would’ve thought France would make the same
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It’s amazing how people can use any kind of number to make their point, even in an established media outlet. Joe Klein wrote “Obamacare: Mend it, Don’t End it” in Time magazine, and since it’s a major publication that’s been around for a while, you’d expect to read solid information that backs up his opinion. However,
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It’s not so ap-pealing: Catherine Conrad, aka the “Banana Lady”, has slipped up after filing several lawsuits for copyright infringement. Kim Janssen, who’s a Federal Courts Reporter for the Sun-Times, says after Conrad has performed with her puppet monkey and has done “The Banana Shake” for various groups, she’s sued because people have used her
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