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Katelyn Polantz

Katelyn Polantz

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.

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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, Clients

While 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, Clients

Email 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 Journal

Wilmer, 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 Journal

Privileged 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 Journal

Privileged 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 Journal

Wilmer, 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 Piper

Douglas 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 Mysteries

Washington Wrap is a weekly roundup of D.C. legal industry news and lawyer moves.

By Katelyn Polantz

9 minute read