Bloomberg Law
Jan. 23, 2017, 11:31 PM UTC

Jeh Johnson is Taking His Talents to Paul Weiss

Casey Sullivan

Attention law firms with any sort of cybersecurity practice: the competition just got a bit stiffer.

Outgoing U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson has joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and is planning to build a law practice around the complex field of cybersecurity, an area he’s well versed in: Last year, Johnson co-authored the Oct. 7 report with FBI director James Comey that blamed Russia for deploying hackers to interfere with the U.S. election. And throughout his three-year tenure leading DHS, Johnson helped pass cybersecurity laws — including the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 — that allow the sharing of information ...

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