Wake Up Call: Late Spurt of Combinations Among Law Firms in 2016

• This year’s third quarter was slow as far law firm mergers go, but the last week’s spurt of combinations suggests that 2016’s final quarter will see more mergers. (Am Law Daily)

• Financial institutions are not inclined to share secrets , but that’s changing as the industry faces attacks by organized cybercrime groups that excel at networking. (Bloomberg)

• A federal judge in Washington, D.C. on Monday ruled federal antitrust authorities can see letters from in-house lawyers Anthem Inc. and Cigna Corp. in which the insurance giants accuse each other of scuttling their $54 billion merger. (National Law Journal)

• New York Times’ general ...