Regardless of the Dowie-Stodder trial's outcome, it has forced everyone to take a closer look at PR
It's been almost a year since the federal indictments of former Fleishman-Hillard LA GM Douglas Dowie and SVP of public affairs John Stodder, accused of fraudulently overbilling clients hundreds of thousands of dollars in an alleged bid to meet corporation-expected financial projections.
When the allegations initially broke, it was a blow to PR in general: Front-page newspaper exposés cast a shadow of doubt over the ...