litigation-related crisis management

PR and Litigation: Responding to Activism

By erik on October 18, 2018

By Jonathan Bernstein06 As Written for Arizona Attorney Crisis: an unstable or crucial time or state of affairs whose outcome will make a decisive difference for better or worse (Webster’s New Collegiate). Employees thought to be performing impeccably are suddenly charged with a felony. A major lawsuit is filed against Company X and the Arizona Republic prints […]

Pairing Legal and PR for Crisis Management

By Jonathan & Erik Bernstein on June 9, 2014

Working together, these two can make a crisis management dream team. Apart, well, watchout! Getting your legal and crisis management teams to work together is a frequent topic on our blogs for a reason. Together, these two can help craft the ideal response to just about any situation, but if they wind up at odds […]

Fox Business is Asking for Trouble

Fox Business is Asking for Trouble

By Jonathan & Erik Bernstein on May 23, 2014

Network’s latest hire creates huge crisis management risk Even in an era where many members of the media are more keen on big ratings than credibility, Fox is scraping the bottom of the barrel in terms of reputation. While one might expect the network, lambasted regularly for biased reporting and a lack of fact-checking, would […]

Boy Scouts Need Crisis Management Again as Sex Abuse Records Ordered Released

By Jonathan & Erik Bernstein on September 18, 2013

How will the organization handle the revelation of Scout-on-Scout abuse records? The Boy Scouts of America is surely ramping up crisis management efforts as it faces what could be another major blow to its reputation, with a Florida judge ordering the first known release of documentation regarding Scout-on-Scout abuse. The Sarasota Herald Tribune’s Elizabeth Johnson […]

Attorneys And PR Together in Crisis Communications: Guest Post by Don Martin

By Jonathan & Erik Bernstein on March 6, 2013

[Editor’s note: In this guest post, Don Martin, president of Don Martin Public Affairs, outlines the dangers that arise when legal and PR don’t work together, as well as the benefits to be reaped when they cooperate.] In most corporate situations or crisis the inevitable question arises about which role is paramount — the legal […]

Jill Kelley Must Walk Careful Crisis Management Line

By Jonathan & Erik Bernstein on November 29, 2012

Reputation management is key in sensitive situations Jill Kelley, the unofficial social liason to MacDill Air Force Base, is at the very center of the David Petraeus scandal. It was Kelley’s complaints to the FBI about threatening letters from Paula Broadwell that initially started the investigation into the situation, and now that the proverbial stuff […]

The Crisis Show

By Jonathan & Erik Bernstein on June 13, 2012

Learn crisis management from the pros Tonight marks the premiere of The Crisis Show, a broadcast featuring the talents of Bernstein Crisis Management president Jonathan Bernstein, crisis/litigation expert Rich Klein and social media pro Melissa Agnes. Together, they will take a look at the major crisis management cases of the day, provide an overview of […]