Tensions had been brewing for years inside Clare Locke, a top defamation law firm. Then came the biggest defamation case of them all.
’60 Minutes’ executive producer Jeff Fager, hired law firm Clare Locke over a Washington Post investigation of what CBS managers knew about Charlie Rose’s alleged sexual misconduct. The firm is known for “killing stories” and has done work for Matt Lauer, The New York Times‘ Glenn Thrush and David Pecker, CEO and chairman of American Media Inc.
