Ford & Harrison’s Hit Blog “That’s What She Said” Returns Along with NBC’s Season Six of The Office
ATLANTA-(Business Wire)-September 17, 2009 - At long last, NBC’s hit faux reality TV show, The Office, returns to the airwaves tonight at 9:00 p.m. Eastern (8:00 p.m. Central). This means that Friday morning, managers and HR executives from across the country will be logging on to check out “That’s What She Said,” a blog that puts a price tag on each episode, estimating how much the politically incorrect behavior of Michael Scott and others at Dunder Mifflin might cost real-life companies in potential liability.
“That’s What She Said” was started in 2007 by national labor and employment law firm Ford & Harrison as a light-hearted, intellectual exercise about today’s workplace, but has since snowballed into a critically acclaimed, unofficial extension of the show, receiving more than 20,000 hits a week. It was recently named “Best Legal Blog” by PR News and has also garnered awards for its ingenuity from the American Bar Association, the Legal Marketing Association, PR Week, MarCom, and Bulldog Reporter.
The blog’s popularity can be attributed to the balance struck between humor and substance in its posts. “I think people are initially attracted to the site because it’s funny and makes for good water cooler conversation, but they keep coming back because they find the legal angle interesting as well,” said Matt Rita, a partner in the firm’s Denver office and the attorney blogger for the season premiere episode.
Though the actions of Dunder Mifflin’s fictional employees generally tend towards the extreme, the bloggers at Ford & Harrison see a great deal of value in the underlying lessons that can be gleaned from the show. “While he often means well, Michael Scott’s continual use of poor judgment leads to the types of workplace situations we often warn our clients about,” Rita said. “The road to legal exposure can be paved with good intentions.”
“That’s What She Said” can be found at www.fordharrison.com/thatswhatshesaid. New postings appear every Friday morning following the show.
About Ford & Harrison LLP: Ford & Harrison is a national labor and employment law firm with close to 200 lawyers in 18 offices nationwide: Atlanta, Asheville (NC), Birmingham, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, Miami, Melbourne, Memphis, Minneapolis, New York, Orlando, Phoenix, Spartanburg (SC), Tampa and Washington, DC. The firm represents employers in labor, employment, immigration and employee benefits matters, including litigation, in issues involving national and international jurisdictions. For more information please visit www.fordharrison.com.
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