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I blogged last month about a quest by the SEC’s Enforcement Division to obtain client names from a law firm – in order to investigate whether those clients were affected by & properly disclosed a cyber breach. The firm (Covington) has obviously been pushing back on that request.

Now, 83 heavy-hitter law firms have lined up behind Covington – as amici curiae in this 31-page brief to the DC District Court. Reuters reported on this development as well as a filing by Covington last week. The list of firms starts on page 28 – it includes Morrison & Foerster, Cravath, Debevoise, Kirkland, Latham and many other big names.

Reuters notes that a judge has scheduled a hearing for this case next month.

– Liz Dunshee