Risk Managers Clam Up When Media Call

Legal hurdles on interviews one of many new challenges buyers say they face

Many risk managers at public companies are running scared these days when it comes to talking with the press, thanks to gag orders imposed by their public relations and legal departments.

Indeed, risk managers queried for this article about how their jobs have changed over the past couple of years cited the many new procedural hurdles they have to clear before granting a reporter the right to quote them by name.

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