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Public Relations Review, 24 (PR Bibliography): 57-58 ISSN: 0363-8111 Copyright 0 1998 by JAI Press Inc. All rights of reproduction in any form reserv...

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Public Relations Review, 24 (PR Bibliography): 57-58 ISSN: 0363-8111

Copyright 0 1998 by JAI Press Inc. All rights of reproduction in any form reserved.

JOURNALS Brown, Stanley, J; Bruce, Andrea. “Are Non-Compete Public Relations Tmtis v4n12, p.10, Dee 1997.

Clauses Enforceable?”

Two employment law attorneys with McLean, VA-based Hogan & Hartson discuss how courts tend to construe non-competition clauses in favor of employees. Restraints on competitive activity for one or two years following employment seem typical and have generally been enforced, authors claim.

Lukaszewski, James. “The Other Prosecutors,” pp. 23-29, Spring 1997.

Public Relations Qwrterly

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Provides advice from reputation management consultant whose practice involves litigation. Steps are offered to help organization retrieve its reputation during this type of crisis. Candor, explanation, and restitution to victims are some of the steps discussed.

Edmond, Julie M; Landsman, Lisa A. ‘Wntangling the Thicket: The Effects of Informal Communications on Participants’ Rights Under ER.lSA Plans,“Jotlrlzal of Pensiun Planning 0 Compliance v22m4, pp. 46-72,1997. Discusses cases addressed by the courts concerning the effects of informal communications on employee rights under ERISA plans. Declares courts have not produced clear answers to questions ofwho will prevail, employees or employers. Examines effects of oral and written representations on participants’ rights under ERISA plans. Finds whenever an employee or plan administrator makes a statement about a participant’s rights under a plan- either orally or in an informal written document-it opens the door to litigation.

BOOKS Moore, Roy L.; Farrar, Ronald T.; Collins, Erik L. Advertising And Public &lations Law. Mahway, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. 1977. 520 pp. Increasing numbers of suits against advertisers, corporate communicators, and advertising and public relations agencies for copyright infringement and unfair and deceptive

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Public Relutims Review

commercial speech has made it necessary for professionals in these fields to be acquainted with law in these areas. Designed as a standard reference source for advertising and public relations practitioners, as well as for education.