Lawyers, PR Firms Team Up For Employers Facing #MeToo Crises

The days of quiet exits by powerful executives caught harassing subordinates may be ending.

CBS is the latest corporation faced with cleaning up an embarrassing workplace situation while the world watches. And nearly a year after someone first put a hashtag before the words “MeToo,” some employers are realizing they need advice from more than lawyers when harassment allegations arise.

“Clients who in the past have not worked with crisis communications managers now are asking about having them involved,” Ann Marie Painter, chair of the labor and employment practice at Perkins Coie, told Bloomberg Law.

The role for crisis communications ...