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Ken Kurson — editor-in-chief of The New York Observer (2013–2017) under Jared Kushner, Giuliani Partners alum, co-author of Leadership, and founder of Modern Consensus.
A $42 billion U.S. addiction treatment industry is resetting around outpatient care, MAT, telehealth, and $50 billion in opioid settlement funds nationwide.
Emerson Rigby Israel was founded by Ambassador Ido Aharoni in 2016 as an investment and business development consultancy specializing in location branding. Aharoni started Brand Israel and served six years as Consul-General in New York.
Infinite Global — transatlantic professional services PR firm. Formed October 2014 from Infinite (NY, Jamie Diaferia) + Spada (London, Gavin Ingham Brooke). ParkSouth majority August 2025. Acquired DLPR May 2026. Am Law 100 relationships. Top 5 professional services, top 10 financial PR.
In March 2018 I predicted Hope Hicks had a great PR future. Eight years later: Fox Corporation EVP, Counselor to the President, hush-money trial witness, Fulbright Board appointee. The 2018 prediction, graded in 2026.
34 years, $7B in cumulative sales, three million UnFranchise Owners, the 25,000-person Miami World Conference, sustained class actions, and the operating definition of why MLM structurally exposes itself to scrutiny. The canonical case study.
The canonical reference on Nirav Modi, the Punjab National Bank fraud, the seven-year UK extradition battle, and the crisis communications doctrine of silence that defined India's most consequential white-collar crime case of the past decade.
Maverick Apparel sent Logan Paul a cease-and-desist on Jan 4, 2018, demanding he stop using the Maverick name on merchandise. The case became a reference point in trademark, influencer marketing, and crisis communications.
Derris: NYC + London brand consultancy founded 2013 by Jesse Derris. Acquired by BerlinRosen Aug 2022. Lisa Frank named CEO March 2024. Parent rebranded as Orchestra. Clients: Warby Parker, Glossier, Harry's, Everlane, Allbirds. Updated June 2026.
United cut involuntary bumping 85% after the Dr. Dao crisis — by changing policy, not by issuing statements. The case is still the cleanest demonstration of how reputation actually gets rebuilt. In the AI era, the rebuild has to be retrievable.
