Home Cookin’ for a Global Firm
Situation/Objectives: When Canadian law firm Ogilvy Renault came to HC for an announcement code-named Project X for secrecy, it was clearly not going to be an ordinary engagement. Ogilvy Renault, along with South African firm Deneys Reitz, was preparing to merge with...
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Building a Social Media Presence: Why It Matters
Picture this: you’re applying for a job. You do everything right—you submit the perfect application, ace the interview, and even score bonus points by sending a thank you note. Yet, inexplicably, you don’t get offered the job. So what was missing? Surprisingly enough,...
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Twitter: The Newest Legal Publication?
A recent article by New York Times’s Nick Bilton asks: is Twitter a technology company or a media company? Until recently, the answer was easy—Twitter is a technology company, full stop. Twitter creates the technology platform, but its users are the ones who produce...
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Why Communications is Key to Merger and Lateral Success
“Look Ma, no ads.” That’s what the founders of Mint.com might have said after they sold their company for $170 million a few weeks ago. You might think that building a $170 million business – especially for consumer services like Mint.com’s...
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The Intersection of Business Development & PR
For decades, law firm marketing departments have been split into two functions: business development and communications. However, as companies become more marketing savvy, they have come to realize that these two areas of expertise are not mutually exclusive. As HC...
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HC Creates a New Practice
Situation/Objective: After 9/11, the country’s new focus became the issue of homeland security. The protection of data networks and infrastructure was near the top of the government’s list of priorities, and privacy issues were at the forefront of regulators’ minds....
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