The Big Law Attorneys Behind Tech Giants’ Hill Testimony

Top lawyers from Google, Facebook, and Twitter who testified in front of Congress this week about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election had Big Law back up.

Attorneys from three law firms — WilmerHale, Mayer Brown and Debevoise — have been prepping them as witnesses, and earlier helped conduct internal reviews to help the GCs understand what actually happened at their own companies during the election.

The assistance came ahead of the most revealing look to date at how each of the three tech companies may have been exploited by Russian operatives. Testimony came from the social media giants’ general ...