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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING

INTO THE BREACH – We told you earlier this week that more than 100 law firms have reported data breaches since 2014. Now, we're getting into the nitty gritty of which firms saw their data compromised. There are plenty of big names among them, including Wilson Sonsini, Blank Rome, and McKenna Long, a predecessor firm to Dentons,  reports Christine Simmons, Xiumei Dong, and Ben Hancock. It's not just third-party vendors that pose risks when it comes to securing data. Law firms also reported data breaches resulting from lost or stolen devices, phishing schemes and hacking, and insider wrongdoing.

ECHOS OF IMPEACHMENT – Former U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch on Thursday drew parallels between the conduct of President Trump and that of Richard Nixon leading up to his 1974 resignation, during a keynote at ALM Media's Women, Influence & Power in Law conference in Washington. "We'd been subjected to a president who had thought himself above the law. That sound familiar?" said Lynch, who is now a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. While the government's former top lawyer said she welcomes the growing support for Trump's impeachment, she cautioned that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will need plenty of help to make it happen, reports C. Ryan Barber.

SEAL WORTHY? – Making it at law firm Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht is not unlike qualifying for the Navy's notoriously tough SEAL team. That's according to managing partner John Pierce, who attributed the recent departures of six partners in part to a firm culture that is "often extremely stressful and intense," reports Jack Newsham. Just as not everyone will make it into an elite military special forces unit, nor will every lawyer thrive in the firm's sink-or-swim environment, Pierce said. Meanwhile, Pierce Bainbridge is locked in litigation with one of those former partners over claims of financial mismanagement.