Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the bank famously good at managing risk in financial markets, had massively misjudged one facing its own reputation.

Jeremy Duffy and Lisa Seifman joined Cahill Gordon & Reindel as partners in London, the firm announced Feb. 9. Duffy will serve as chair of the European leveraged finance practice group, while Seifman will serve as chair of the real estate finance practice group, and both will serve as co-chairs of the digital infrastructure finance practice group.

Jeffrey Lehtman joined Barnes & Thornburg as a partner in its White Collar, Compliance and Investigations practice in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Feb. 3.

Myles Culhane joined Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in its energy transition and carbon capture practices in Sacramento, the firm announced Feb. 10.

Ben Marks joined Seddons GSC as a partner in its residential real estate team, the firm announced Feb. 9.

Brandon Brown joined labor and employment firm Fisher Phillips as a partner in its New Orleans office, the firm announced Feb. 11.

The Department of Homeland Security shut down early Saturday amid a congressional funding impasse that shows no sign of ending soon, touched off by backlash over the Trump administration’s widespread and aggressive immigration enforcement raids.

A Connecticut business group lacks legal standing to challenge the state’s ban on mandatory anti-union meetings in the workplace, a federal judge found, bypassing the issue of whether US labor law preempts that statute.

The Trump administration spent more than $35 million to deport roughly 300 migrants to countries they had no connection to, doling out millions of dollars in lump-sum transfers to foreign governments without a system to track how the money was used, according to a report released Friday.

An astronomy observatory operator agreed to pay a $130,000 judgment to resolve a retiree’s retaliation claims over the removal of his emeritus title.

Packaging company Sealed Air Corp. accused a former executive of theft of “the crown jewels” for its procurement operations in a federal trade secrets lawsuit.

The Trump administration is moving ahead with a $38.3 billion plan to remake the US immigration detention system, in a sweeping expansion that officials say will streamline operations and speed deportations.

Exxon Mobil Corp. advanced defamation claims against California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who failed to convince a federal judge in Texas that he should be shielded from liability for statements made in his official capacity as the state’s top attorney.

The Trump administration’s interim guidance on clean energy tax credits released Thursday offered some relief to the industry by laying out a manageable path for new projects. But, it still left investors uncertain.

Antero Resources Corp. reached a $3.8 million settlement of allegations of air pollution violations from hundreds of oil and gas wells in West Virginia and Ohio, according to Friday court filings.

The IRS incorrectly rejected a $77.9 million deduction for a conservation easement prohibiting future excavating, dredging, mining, and drilling because the agency failed to properly evaluate the land, a Georgia partnership told the US Tax Court.

A Rhode Island town and state environmental regulators properly condemned a private dam, a federal appeals panel ruled Friday.

Myles Culhane joined Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in its energy transition and carbon capture practices in Sacramento, the firm announced Feb. 10.

Exxon Mobil Corp. advanced defamation claims against California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who failed to convince a federal judge in Texas that he should be shielded from liability for statements made in his official capacity as the state’s top attorney.

Bank of America Corp. raised Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan’s pay to $41 million for 2025, a year in which the second-largest US bank improved its profit but stock performance fell short of peers.

An astronomy observatory operator agreed to pay a $130,000 judgment to resolve a retiree’s retaliation claims over the removal of his emeritus title.

A new Republican-backed Ohio law aimed at preventing rare instances of illegal noncitizen voting violates federal law because eligible voters will “inevitably” suffer, two groups said Friday in a lawsuit.

Structural repair company Pullman SST Inc. took appropriate steps after a bisexual employee reported workplace harassment and can’t be held liable under federal or Michigan law, the Sixth Circuit ruled.

The Trump administration has two weeks to return from Honduras a Babson College freshman who it admitted to have mistakenly deported in violation of a court order, a Boston federal judge said Friday.