– James E. Lukaszewski, ABC, Fellow IABC, APR, Fellow PRSA, PRSA BEPS Emeritus If you are an attorney, work with or have attorneys in litigation, here’s an interesting, relevant, recent story you can relate to. This is also a story about leadership. A couple months ago, I was asked by a local religious organization to help them figure out how to help prepare for some pretty nasty publicity. A lawsuit was filed months before, just after the Minnesota Legislature passed a law (in 2014) extending the statutes of limitation on child sex crimes in the state until June 2016. This law triggered dozens of sexual assault cases being refiled after the cases were previously dropped or stopped by former statutes of limitation. New cases also were filed. This lawsuit was well underway, but failed after 14 months of legal work when the first major milestone, a motion to dismiss, was denied. Litigators were now working on a motion for summary judgment. My client was fearful…
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