Bulletproof Blog's Weekly Web Wrap-up offers a compilation of key discussions regarding the relevance of social media in business. Allies are essential during a crisis for deploying your messages and digital media has created a wealth of resources for enacting this process. Companies that develop a social media strategy in advance will already know the best platforms available for reaching target audiences when the crisis strikes. This week’s list of articles emphasizes the need to enlist your ... Read More

In this regular feature, Bulletproof interviews top plaintiffs’ attorneys for their perspective on the crises likely to affect businesses in the near future. Today we talk to Frank P. DiPrima of the Law Office of Frank DiPrima in Morristown, NJ. Mr. DiPrima has been co-counsel in the derivative law suit against Richard Scrushy, founder of HealthSouth Corporation. In its June, 2009, decision in Wade Tucker v Richard Scrushy et al., an Alabama court awarded plaintiffs $2.876 ... Read More

Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling that state regulators can take national banks to court in order to enforce state consumer protection laws is yet another blow to the principle of “preemption.” For those non-constitutional law scholars out there, preemption is the means by which federal law supersedes state law when contradictions between the two arise. In this case, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and his predecessor Eliot Spitzer sought to enforce state consumer protection laws against ... Read More

Each week, Bulletproof Blog features exclusive interviews with thought leaders on issues of critical importance to companies and countries. This week, on the heels of the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) Loss Prevention Conference and EXPO, we interview Ellen Davis, NRF Vice President of Industry Public Relations. During her tenure at NRF, Ms. Davis has been responsible for evaluating NRF positions on a variety of retail topics including e-commerce, consumer spending, the economy, and loss prevention. A ... Read More

Last week, Bulletproof Blog launched the Weekly Web Wrap-up - a compilation of key discussions in the media regarding the relevance of social media in business. This week's list of top five digital media articles highlights companies tapping into online resources to condition the marketplace. These executives understand the two-way discourse the Web provides for testing and refining messages with key audiences in advance. When used correctly, social media can be more than a marketing platform. It ... Read More

Since my article for Forbes.com was posted yesterday, debate over whether South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford should resign has grown and festered, confirming our view that he accomplished nothing in his press conference except to fan the gathering flames. No such debate has raged over the suitability of Nevada Senator John Ensign remaining in office, nor is it likely to. Meanwhile, Michael Jackson’s tragic death may have eclipsed the story, but the damage to Governor ... Read More