Coupang hires Kirkland & Ellis in US data breach fight

E-commerce giant Coupang has hired a top-tier US law firm to represent it in a US lawsuit tied to its massive data breach, bolstering its legal defense in the face of potential liability exposure in US courts. According to industry sources Monday, Coupang Inc., the US-listed parent company of Coupang, recently appointed Kirkland & Ellis as counsel in a damages lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Kirkland & Ellis is the world’s largest law firm by revenue,

By The Korea Herald