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By Jonathan Bernstein DON’T make the media your primary means of communicating on pending or current litigation in progress. Journalists are not a reliable means of ensuring that your key audiences receive your messages, nor is it a reporter’s job to make sure everything you think is important gets to …

Note: The following article was reproduced with permission from Gempler’s ALERT, the newsletter of Ag/Hort safety and employment law compliance, website: www.gemplersalert.com “Ninety-five percent of the crises to which I’ve responded could have been completely prevented, or greatly reduced.” — Jonathan Bernstein How prepared are you for a potential crisis …

By Jonathan Bernstein 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). You know the tenor of Arizona’s daily media. It doesn’t take all that much to make front page/prime time …

Integrating PR and Legal Strategies: The Role of Public Relations 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 Employees thought to be performing impeccably are suddenly charged with a felony. A major …

By David Kern & Jonathan Bernstein The Legal Perspective by David Kern, Quarles & Brady LLP Under Federal Law and the laws of most individual states, a variety of protections against discrimination exist. For example, Federal Law prohibits discrimination based on age, race, sex, disability, religion, color, and national origin. …

By Jonathan Bernstein This article originally appeared in Arizona Attorney magazine, publication of the Arizona State Bar, and has since been slightly edited. Which of the following statements about a jury, civil or criminal, are true? Prospective jury members never lie regarding their advance bias about a case. Jury members …