Drinker Biddle Draws From SEC to Bolster White-Collar Team

Drinker Biddle & Reath has continued the expansion of its white-collar defense team with the hire of another former SEC attorney. Mary P. Hansen, the former assistant director of the Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Enforcement, has joined Drinker Biddle as a partner in the firm's commercial litigation practice in Philadelphia.

Drinker Isn't Only Firm to Start E-Discovery Shop

Drinker Biddle bought its own software and is looking to replicate what e-discovery vendors are offering their clients. They are avoiding conflicts by setting it up as a subsidiary separate from the law firm.