Ropes & Gray LLP announced on Monday that its new global restructuring group chair is a former Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP partner who arrives at the firm alongside three of her colleagues.
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Ropes & Gray Hires 4 Restructuring Attys From Fried Frank

By Andrea Keckley

Ropes & Gray LLP announced on Monday that its new global restructuring group chair is a former Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP partner who arrives at the firm alongside three of her colleagues.

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Wollmuth Maher Picks Up Attys From Paul Hastings, SDNY

By Vin Gurrieri

Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP has added the longtime leader of Paul Hastings LLP's New York employment law department and has bolstered its white collar bench by bringing in a veteran former assistant U.S. attorney.

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Hinshaw Adds 16 McGlinchey Attys, Launches In Cleveland

By Emma Cueto

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP has opened a new Cleveland office and greatly expanded its consumer financial services practice with a group of 16 attorneys from the recently shuttered McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, the firm said Monday.

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Reed Smith Elevates 29 To Partner In Global Promotions

By Ashish Sareen

Reed Smith LLP said Monday that 29 lawyers have made the grade as partners, with its office in London accounting for four new partners in the latest round of promotions.

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The Top In-House Hires Of January

By Sue Reisinger

Legal department hires over the first month of 2026 included high-profile appointments at SiriusXM, at a host of West Coast tech companies including Microsoft and Meta, and at Black & Decker. Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from January.

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Hotel Lender Says It Had No Part In Latham's Loan Error

By Georgia Kromrei

The lender that benefited from an allegedly botched $152 million Miami hotel loan, in a reply last week to counterclaims, said there was no error on its part and said claims against it are barred because the borrowers, two veteran real estate investors, could instead sue their attorney, a practice leader at Latham, for malpractice.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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Morrison Cohen

Paul Hastings

Reed Smith

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Wiley Rein

Willkie Farr

WilmerHale

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Apple Inc.

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Cornell University

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Google LLC

HSBC Holdings PLC

Home Box Office Inc.

Impossible Foods Inc.

JM Family Enterprises

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Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

New York University

Qualia Labs Inc.

ServiceNow Inc.

Sirius XM Radio Inc.

Spotify Technology SA

Stanford Health Care

Stanford University

Stanley Black & Decker Inc.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The State University of New York

Tyson Foods Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

University of San Diego

Walmart Inc.

WeWork Inc.

Yahoo Inc.

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GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Central Intelligence Agency

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New York Supreme Court, New York County

Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

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U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. General Services Administration

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission