The massive data breach of the United States Commerce and Treasury Departments that has roiled the federal government has resulted in federal securities litigation. On January 4, 2021, Plaintiff-Shareholder Timothy Bremer filed a class action complaint against SolarWinds and SolarWinds’ corporate executives in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. SolarWinds provides information technology and infrastructure management software products to entities around the globe, including to various U.S. government vendors in the executive branch, military, and intelligence services. According to the complaint, Russian hackers gained access to government email traffic by deceptively interfering with software updates released by SolarWinds.

Read the full post on Proskauer’s Corporate Defense and Disputes blog.

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Joe Hartunian is an associate in the Litigation Department.

Joe earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was an executive editor of the Michigan Journal of Law Reform. Joe previously served as a law clerk to the…

Joe Hartunian is an associate in the Litigation Department.

Joe earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was an executive editor of the Michigan Journal of Law Reform. Joe previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable Peter W. Hall of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Prior to law school, Joe served as a legislative aide for Senator Charles E. Schumer on the Senate Judiciary Committee, focusing on issues related to opioid abuse, telecommunications and gun safety. Upon graduation, he returned to the committee as an advisor to Senator Amy Klobuchar on the nomination of now-Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.