Post archive for ‘COPO’
Guns!
The Supreme Court hears arguments today in McDonald v. Chicago. Will citizens in Chicago be given the same rights granted in the 2008 Heller SCOTUS decision striking down the D.C. gun ban?
This Wall Street Journal article sent me reaching for my iPhone Constitution. Better bone up on your 14th Amendment.
This New York Times article voices [...]
Gloria Allred and the Court of Public Opinion
I hadn’t heard of Gloria Allred before I read this article on PR.com.
I’m inspired by Allred’s work for the civil rights of women, and I’m amused by the author’s assertion that civil rights are, “…something that I feel I already have in spades.”
Make sure to read all the discussion about the court of public opinion [...]
Lawsuit Aside, is AT&T Winning in ‘The Court of Public Opinion’? – Law Blog – WSJ
Well lookie here. The COPO. With a quote by Haggerty. Litigation communications is going mainstream baby!
By Ashby Jones
Question: When should a big, publicly-traded company refrain from filing a lawsuit? Answer: possibly when the public-relations blowback does more damage than the behavior complained about in the lawsuit.
This truism has come up across the pundit-o-sphere in the [...]
