Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Apr 7, 2025)
Recent reports on lateral hires, financial data, salaries, and hiring trends in BigLaw.
"Herbert Smith, Kramer Bosses Push Back Law Firm Merger Live Date," Bloomberg Law
"Law Firms Maintain Strong Interest in Mergers, but Economic Pressure Could Have 'Disquieting Effect,'" The American Lawyer
"Eyeing Career Choices, Law Students Are Evaluating How Firms Respond to Trump's Pressure," Law.com
"Inside Elite Law Firms, Protests and Quitting After Trump Deals," The New York Times
"Big Law Firms Struck a Truce With Trump — and Set Off a Clash With Recruits," The Wall Street Journal
"States rush to hire federal workers out of work after DOGE cuts," The Washington Post"
"Judges block Trump orders targeting two law firms as Skadden cuts deal," Reuters
"Big Law's Peril From Trump Orders Is Shown in Court Filings," Bloomberg Law
"Does Litigation or Dealmaking Pedigree Determine Whether Firms Fight — or Fall in Line With — Executive Actions?" The American Lawyer
"Milbank reaches deal with Trump as divide among law firms deepens," Reuters
"Willkie Reaches Deal with Trump To Avoid Executive Order," The American Lawyer
"Willkie Farr & Gallagher inks US$100 million deal with Trump, is set to eliminate diversity hiring," Canadian Lawyer
"BigLaw gives up on its future," Jordan Furlong
"Trump Deals Show Big Law Long Ago Chose Business Over Profession," Bloomberg Law
"Big Law's Blacklist Reckoning Will Mark Firms for a Generation," Bloomberg Law
"Trump is targeting law firms and academia. Why don't they speak up?" The Washington Post
"Big Law's Response to Trump Executive Orders: A Prognosis," The American Lawyer
"Canadian legal groups and regulators slam Trump administration's 'attacks' on U.S. judiciary and bar," Law360 Canada
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