New York Times Legal Team Adds Big Law Partner, Crypto Lawyer

New York Times Co., fresh from hiring a new executive editor, has tapped two new lawyers to fill openings in its law department.

Tanya Forsheit, who joined Loeb & Loeb’s Los Angeles office in 2021, last month became the Times’ senior counsel for data privacy, information security and consumer compliance.

Michael Brown, who had spent the past seven months as a deputy general counsel and corporate secretary for Cipher Mining Inc., joined the Times as vice president, assistant general counsel and assistant secretary, the company said last week.

The additions follow the Times announcement in mid-April that Joseph ...