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Law Firm Data Breaches Hit New High As Threats Escalate

By Xiumei Dong

Despite years of warnings and heavy cybersecurity spending, law firms remain prime targets for cybercriminals, with breaches hitting record highs in 2024, according to a Law360 Pulse analysis that found even top firms struggling to contain the fallout.

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    DC Pulse

    Baker Donelson Creates New Chief People Officer Role

    Venable LLP's vice president of human resources has joined Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC in Baltimore as its chief people officer.

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    DC Pulse

    Sheppard Mullin Adds Perkins Coie IP Trio In DC, Chicago

    Three Perkins Coie LLP intellectual property partners with deep experience representing clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and related industries have jumped to Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP.

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    California Pulse

    Squire Patton Lands Ex-Perkins Coie LA Head In Duo Pickup

    Squire Patton Boggs said Monday that it has bolstered its global labor and employment practice by adding two attorneys from Perkins Coie LLP, including its former Los Angeles office leader.

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    Courts

    WilmerHale Seeks Full Fed Compliance On Struck-Down Order

    WilmerHale is asking a D.C. federal judge to make clear that a ruling invalidating an executive order against the firm applies to all federal agencies subject to President Donald Trump's directives.

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    Modern Lawyer

    Fox Rothschild Names New CFO, Chief HR Officer

    Fox Rothschild LLP has solidified its executive team with the recent additions of two professionals who serve as the firm's chief human relations and financial officers.

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    Husch Blackwell Hires 5 Quarles & Brady Life Sciences Pros

    Amid its efforts to grow in the life sciences space, Husch Blackwell LLP announced Monday that it has brought on three lawyers and two non-attorney professionals from Quarles & Brady LLP.

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    Daily Litigation

    Bracewell Atty To Lead Jackson Walker's Appellate Group

    Jackson Walker LLP announced Monday that it has added a former Bracewell LLP partner who will serve as chair of the firm's appellate practice and share his time between Houston and Austin, Texas.

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    California Pulse

    Simpson Thacher Mourns Chair, Pioneering Dealmaker Beattie

    Richard "Dick" Beattie, the senior chairman of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP whose pioneering deal work helped cement private equity's place in mergers and acquisitions, died on Friday at 86, the firm announced.

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    DC Pulse

    Paul Hastings Adds A&O Shearman Private Equity Duo

    Paul Hastings LLP announced the addition of a private equity duo from A&O Shearman to bolster the firm's practice and offerings in the upper-middle market and beyond.

  • Modern Lawyer

    Debevoise Is Latest Firm To Add Non-Equity Partnership Tier

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP said Monday that it has introduced a non-equity partnership tier as more law firms on both sides of the Atlantic consider using the structure to retain talented workers and control costs.

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