Katelyn Polantz is a Washington, D.C.-based data editor and staff reporter at ALM. She has written about law firm business and economics, lobbying and the federal government for the National Law Journal and ALM since 2014. She is originally from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh.
September 29, 2017 | National Law Journal
Firms Say Suits Aimed at Trump's Policies Are Just Business as Usual. But Are They?The professional class of Washington often repeats the refrain that the Trump administration is not normal. Since January, the lawyerati — especially at the dominant, large law firms in the nation's capital — have done plenty to signal their opposition.
By Katelyn Polantz |
41 minute read
September 29, 2017 | Legaltech News
Oops! Lawyers' Email Snafus Highlight Risks to Firms, ClientsWhile the mechanics of the foul-ups were different, each episode illustrated how the legal industry's war on cyber-insecurity can be undone by basic human error.
By Katelyn Polantz
4 minute read
September 29, 2017 | National Law Journal
Firms Say Suits Aimed at Trump's Policies Are Just Business as Usual. But Are They?The professional class of Washington often repeats the refrain that the Trump administration is not normal. Since January, the lawyerati — especially at the dominant, large law firms in the nation's capital — have done plenty to signal their opposition.
By Katelyn Polantz
10 minute read
September 28, 2017 | National Law Journal
Oops! Lawyers' Email Snafus Highlight Risks to Firms, ClientsEmail may be essential for lawyers, but this week it felt like their worst enemy.
By Katelyn Polantz
4 minute read
September 28, 2017 | Inside Counsel
Wilmer 'Inadvertently' Leaks Pepsi Client Secrets to Wall Street JournalWilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr was caught Wednesday in an email mix-up that revealed secret U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and internal…
By Katelyn Polantz
5 minute read
September 27, 2017 | Legal Week
WilmerHale 'inadvertently' leaks Pepsi client secrets to Wall Street JournalPrivileged documents mistakenly emailed to reporter reveal secret internal investigations
By Katelyn Polantz
5 minute read
September 27, 2017 | International Edition
WilmerHale 'inadvertently' leaks Pepsi client secrets to Wall Street JournalPrivileged documents mistakenly emailed to reporter reveal secret internal investigations
By Katelyn Polantz
5 minute read
September 27, 2017 | National Law Journal
Wilmer 'Inadvertently' Leaks Pepsi Client Secrets to Wall Street JournalWilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr apologized Wednesday after one of its lawyers accidentally sent a Wall Street Journal reporter privileged documents detailing a history of whistleblower claims at PepsiCo.
By Katelyn Polantz
5 minute read
September 25, 2017 | National Law Journal
Entertainment Law Vet (and Kamala Harris' Hubby) Joins DLA PiperDouglas Emhoff, who led Venable's expansion efforts and its West Coast operations until last week, is swapping firms for bicoastal offices at DLA Piper in Century City, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.
By Katelyn Polantz
47 minute read
September 22, 2017 | National Law Journal
New Patent Boutique Pops Up; PwC's DC Law Firm; Trump Billing MysteriesWashington Wrap is a weekly roundup of D.C. legal industry news and lawyer moves.
By Katelyn Polantz
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