The international legal community had its Edward Snowden moment on Sunday, when newspapers around the world published excerpts from an unprecedented document leak tied to the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. The so-called Panama Papers exposed the hidden movement of money around the world—and the extent of the breach won’t be known until additional files are released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and its media partners later this spring.
The massive leak follows a week of reports of attempted and successful cyberattacks on major law firms in the United States. Below is a collection of stories from The American Lawyer and its affiliates on the Panama Papers and the latest threats to law firm data security.
