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LEXICON COMMUNICATIONS CORP. |
Crisis Management * Strategic Public Relations * Crisis Communications
www.CrisisManagement.com
information@lexiconcorp.com
626-683-9200 |
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CRISIS-RELATED LITIGATION SUPPORT |
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Lexicon Communications offers full support in crisis-related litigation. |
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Often, a company's actions, or non-actions, are central to litigation. Juries
are asked to ponder questions of possible guilt and liability, as well as
compensatory and punitive awards, based on their understanding of a
company's response during a crisis. However, management's actions need
to be evaluated in the larger context of the intense stress intrinsic to an
escalating crisis. |
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It is not always accurate to judge a company's or management's actions during
a crisis against the standard of customary management practices in a normal
business environment. Juries may be beneficially enlighted when such
information is explained by experts in the field of crisis management. |
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We work with attorneys in reviewing cases and depositions in order
to detect areas of crisis management flaws. We work with attorneys to develop
trial themes. |
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We have provided crisis management-related litigation support, expert
testimony and litigation strategies including: |
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- Jack in the Box (E. coli bacteria outbreak/contaminated hamburgers/ fatalities/wrongful death)
- Alyeska Pipeline Service Company (Exxon Valdez Alaska oil spill)
- Avery Dennison (international economic espionage; global environmental issues)
- Southland Corporation/7-Eleven (price-gouging during natural disaster)
- Northrop Corp. (whistle-blower/U.S. Justice Department fraud prosecution)
- Armor All Products Corp. (whistle-blower/product safety; false advertising)
- Jewel Food (nation's largest outbreak of salmonella food poisonings)
- Synthetic Industries (class action suits/product liability; false advertising)
- American Ambulance (criminal investigations by FBI, U.S. Attorney, IRS, FPPC)
- Real Property Management/Marina del Rey property portfolio (bankruptcy)
- Donnelley Directory, Dun & Bradstreet division (anti-trust action; business closures)
- Labatt Breweries/Miller Brewing (trademark infringement)
- 7-Up/Dr. Pepper (product liability)
- Swinerton & Walberg (catastrophic loss/high-rise building collapse; fatalities/wrongful death)
- Brinderson Real Estate and Construction (RICO charges)
- The Carl N. Karcher Trust/Carl's Jr. (Board of Directors fight)
- Otis Elevator (fatality/wrongful death litigation)
- Casa de las Campanas (construction litigation)
- Hemet Valley Hospital District (wrongful death claim)
- Western Federal Savings & Loan Association (RTC takeover)
- Cushman & Wakefield/Commercial Loans.Net (theft of trade secrets)
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