There comes a time in the life of many businesses where there’s an internal crisis, and even worse, it becomes public.  The CEO resigns in scandal, a major decision angers a certain community, or [...]

While you may have had your fill of election news and politics, it’s worth taking an objective view of recent White House press conferences as a lesson in relationships with reporters.  Putting [...]

Often in a crisis, the natural instinct is to overthink, come up with a complex solution, or reinvent the wheel. The most effective crisis planning method, however, is the most tried and true [...]

In Nashville, the latest word is that almost all conventions, conferences, and meetings scheduled through May 2020 are being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe.  For each, [...]

We touched on many issues in our recent crisis communications CLE, but one topic seemed to generate a lot of questions.  Lawyers, perhaps by their very nature, are guarded, suspicious, and [...]

Defamation has been around for a long time but the methods in which someone can defame another seem to be multiplying daily.  Courts consistently have held that the method, i.e. blogs, twitter, [...]

It happens to all of us.  At some point a crisis hits nearly every organization or individual.  We’ve seen it with NFL athletes, politicians, celebrities, school districts, large businesses, and [...]