January 22, 2018
A former Dentons associate arrested on felony extortion charges for allegedly downloading confidential information from the firm and threatening to release it unless the firm paid $210,000 was sentenced by a California federal judge to five months in prison on Monday, months after agreeing to plead guilty to a misdemeanor.
October 23, 2017
A former litigation associate at Dentons has pled guilty to a single misdemeanor, releasing him from felony extortion charges stemming from threats he allegedly made to release confidential materials taken from a partner's email account while demanding the firm pay him $210,000 and hand over a piece of artwork in return.