by John Hellerman | Nov 19, 2013 | Crisis, John Hellerman, Litigation, Reputation
Grading the Statement is a periodic feature on Sound Bites in which we judge the effectiveness of news releases and other public statements. In the Where’s Waldo? series of books, young readers are challenged to find a wackily dressed Waldo character in crowd scenes...
by John Hellerman | Nov 12, 2013 | Crisis, John Hellerman, Law, Litigation, Reputation
Freshfields recently conducted a survey of more than 100 senior crisis communications professionals from 12 different countries, including the U.S. The report demonstrates persuasively that many corporations are not prepared to handle potentially damaging “digital...
by John Hellerman | Aug 15, 2013 | Crisis, John Hellerman, Law, Litigation, Reputation
Grading the Statement is a periodic feature on our Blog in which we judge the effectiveness of news releases and other public statements. Russells Solicitors had a plum assignment. As legal counsel to J.K. Rowling, the British firm was party to the publishing secret...
by John Hellerman | Dec 20, 2011 | Crisis, John Hellerman, Litigation, Reputation, Social Media
Tuesday Tweet is a weekly look at interesting fodder from our Twitter stream. Follow us at @HellermanComm. Today’s tweet comes from Beltway colleague Brian Lustig, who posted some timely thoughts about social media and corporate apologies on his blog. Timely, we say,...
by John Hellerman | Dec 2, 2011 | Crisis, John Hellerman, Litigation, Reputation, Social Media
We’re strong advocates of lawyers using social media. Mostly, we talk about social media as a business development tool that lawyers can use to generate referrals, build lasting relationships, and enhance their reputations. But the litigators out there may be...
by John Hellerman | Feb 9, 2011 | Branding, Crisis, John Hellerman, Litigation, Reputation
If you work in corporate America, at one time or another you’ve probably heard someone say “We should run this by legal.” It’s usually a wise move: when you make a tricky business judgment, you want to be sure it’s not going to come back...
