1. E*Trade:  A CFO Change. 
2. SEC's New Assoc. Director of Enforcement.
3. BarCap and Barclays:  In-House Litigation Wedding.
4. Cleary Gottlieb's New Managing Partner.
5. Goldman's New CRRO (Regulatory Reform).

    2.  SEC's New Assoc. Director in Enforcement.   As an Associate Director of the Division of Enforcement, Stephen Cohen will assist in planning and directing the agency’s enforcement efforts.  The past 2 years he was Senior Advisor to Chairman Schapiro, advising her on a wide range of legal and policy matters, and working on special projects, such as leading the agency-wide initiative to improve the handling of tips, complaints and referrals and the agency’s Consolidated Audit Trail proposal.  Before joining the SEC in 2004 as an Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel in Enforcement, Mr. Cohen had been with Boies, Schiller & Flexner, and was a trial attorney at the U.S. DOJ.   [SEC Release 10-250, 12/16]

    3.  BarCap and Barclays: In-House Litigation Wedding.   Barclays Capital (BarCap) and Barclays Corporate merged their in-house litigation functions.  Stephanie Pagni, who heads Barclays' global retail banking litigation, will lead the merged team as Director of Ligition Services for the bank's corporate and investment banking divisions in the New Year.  There are 10 in-house lawyers, equally split from both business units.   [Law.com, 12/13] 

    4.  Cleary Gottlieb's New Managing Partner.   Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton announced that antitrust lawyer Mark Leddy has been elected managing partner.  On January 1, he'll succeed Mark Walker, who's held that position since 2005.  Prior to joining CGSH in 1986, Mr. Leddy worked at the DOJ for 14 years, starting at the Antitrust Division.   [NYT Dealbook, 12/17] 

    5.  Goldman's New CRRO (Regulatory Reform).   Goldman Sachs hired Theo Lubke from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to serve as CRRO, or Chief Regulatory Reform Officer.  He began working in the securities division as an MD, earlier in December.  His role will be to help the firm implement the facets of regulatory reform legislation.   Mr. Lubke left the Federal Reserve after 15 years;  he most recently was the head of the Financial Infrastructure Department in the Bank Supervision Group.  He's known as a key player in pushing for reforms in the derivatives market - a priority for Tim Geithner when he served as president of the New York Fed.  Prior to joining the Fed, Mr. Lubke worked at the National Economic Council at the White House under President Bill Clinton, and was an 12/15]