Dorsey Labor & Employment Partner Nisha Verma contributed to an article discussing the role of celebrity PR practices in the lawsuits between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. Specifically, the article addresses Lively's allegations that Baldoni hired public relations professionals to discredit her in the media as retaliation against her claims of sexual harassment by her employer (Baldoni and his company, Wayfarer). Nisha explained that "if a third party who is not your employer acts in concert with your employer to knowingly break employment laws, then that third party is just as liable as your employer." This lawsuit may end up affecting future suits of this nature and the PR industry as a whole.
To learn more read the full article published by HuffPost.