Wake Up Call: ABA Says Breach Exposed Account Info of Site Users

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• The American Bar Association said it suffered a data breach in March that exposed usernames and passwords of some online account holders on its old website. (ABA.org)
• Ropes & Gray advised Audax Private Equity on its growth investment in Pyramid Laboratories, Inc., a California-based drug product contract development and manufacturing organization. No financial terms were disclosed. Ropes said its team for Audax included private equity partner Chau Le, tax partner Pam Glazier, finance partner Greg Bauer, and health-care partner Michael Lampert. Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders said its team advising Pyramid was led by corporate partner Todd Boylan and health sciences partner Chris Miller. (Businesswire)
• Eckert Seamans named Pittsburgh litigator Scott Cessar, who has spent his entire 35-plus year career at the firm, to succeed Tim Hudak as the firm’s chief executive officer starting May 1. (EckertSeamans.com)

Lawyers, Law Firms

• Clark Hill had strong demand in several practices but revenues ticked down 0.5% to $343.5 million in 2022. Its profits per equity partner dove 10.1% to $640,000, pulled down by investments. (American Lawyer)
• A former UK Latham & Watkins employee convicted of making and owning sexual images of children was barred from working in the legal profession. (Roll On Friday) In another UK case, a senior lawyer who was his firm’s compliance officer was disbarred for exposing himself to schoolgirls at least 30 times over a three-year period while on his daily run. (Roll on Friday)
• US disputes firm Hausfeld is opening a third office in Germany in July. The Hamburg office will be led by former White & Case antitrust litigator Ann-Christian Richter. She’s currently deputy managing partner of Hausfeld’s Berlin office. (Juve.de)

Laterals, Moves, In-house

• Willkie Farr & Gallagher hired former Weinstein Company general counsel and executive Andrew Kramer as partner in Los Angeles and chair of the firm’s motion picture, television and entertainment finance practice group. Kramer, recently an entertainment transactions partner at Loeb & Loeb, was chief operating officer, international distribution at movie studio Lionsgate Motion Picture Group. (Willkie.com)
• Troutman Pepper brought in former Virginia Attorney General Judith Jagdmann in Richmond as partner in its state attorneys general practice group. (Troutman.com)
• Haynes and Boone snagged King & Spalding finance lawyer Aleksandra Kopec as partner in Charlotte, North Carolina. (HaynesBoone.com)
• Sheppard Mullin said corporate and securities partner Johneth Park is returning to the firm in Seoul, Korea, after serving as general counsel of Doosan Corporation and as chief legal officer at Donsan’s East Hartford, Connecticut-based affiliate HyAxiom, Inc., a fuel-cell maker. (SheppardMullin.com)
• Lathrop GPM added four to its intellectual property practice, including Boston-based partner Lisa Hillman, previously at DLA Piper. (LathropGMP.com)
• Withers appointed New York-based dispute resolution partner Emma Lindsay as its first-ever global pro bono practice leader. She’s Withers’ US head of international arbitration and public international law, based in New York. (Withersworldwide.com)
• San Jose, California-based materials technology company Fortera Corporation hired renewable energy and cleantech attorney Dan Cummings as general counsel and vice president of intellectual property. He was deputy GC and VP at Brightmark, a recycling and renewable energy company. (PR Newswire)
• San Antonio, Texas-based Sendero Wealth Management hired investment and wealth management in-house veteran Julie Gerron as general counsel and compliance officer. (PRNewswire.com)
• Sanctuary Wealth, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, brought in financial advisory industry in-house veteran Kevin Miller as chief legal officer. (PR Newswire)

Promotions

• Greenberg Traurig promoted three entertainment and media attorneys to shareholder and one to of counsel. (PRweb)
• Clyde & Co. said it promoted 26 lawyers to partner in the last 12 months, of which 22 take effect May 1. (ClydeCo.com)