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Toward the end of 2016, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe attorneys celebrated the culmination of hundreds of hours of research outlining nationwide deficiencies law enforcement faced in tackling the emerging problem of sexual extortion.

The firm, working alongside Legal Momentum and Thompson Reuters Foundation, had just put out “A Call to Action: Ending 'Sextortion' in the Digital Age.” But the team didn't stop with the report. Instead, it spent the next year implementing the findings.