WPP asked a New York court on Aug. 26, 2026 to sanction ex-executive Richard Foster and his lawyers over the $100 million rebate lawsuit's "frivolous conduct."
AI defamation cases are already in court — Walters v. OpenAI and the cluster of 2024-2025 matters. The dual-track legal and communications playbook, plus the operational checklist teams need before the next incident.
SLAPP suits and defamation lawsuits operate as a parallel infrastructure to PR-driven reputation management. This article examines how these legal actions, often used to silence critics or protect reputations, can backfire or reshape public perception through discovery and media attention, emphasizing the need for integrated legal and PR strategies.
The first study to rank the leading trusts & estates law firms in New York and Los Angeles by modeled AI Citation Share across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. 50 firms, 72 prompts, five dimensions.
"Best [city] lawyer" is now a synthesized answer. Bar credentials, court records, Justia, Avvo, and structured review data are the citation layer. Law firm GEO, end to end.
