Wake Up Call: Legal Tech Company Suspends Site After Ransomware Attack

March 3, 2020, 1:12 PM UTC

In today’s column, several firms advised on multi-billion dollar deals; shared workspace giant WeWork fights a former in-house lawyer’s bias suit; and Alston & Bird posted gross revenue and PEP gains for 2019.

  • Leading off, legal data and services platform Epiq reported that it was hit by a ransomware attack, forcing it offline as it seeks to recover. The Atlanta-based company said no client data was compromised. It said federal authorities are investigating, without offering more detail. (Artificial Lawyer) (Yahoo Finance!)

  • Cooley advised clinical-stage immuno-oncology company Forty Seven Inc. in its $4.9 billion acquisition by Gilead ...

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