Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (May 12, 2025)

Recent reports on lateral hires, financial data, salaries, and hiring trends in BigLaw.

• "PwC Layoffs Signal Uncertainty as Firms Take Stock of Economy," Bloomberg Law

• "Legal Professionalism Post-Pandemic," New Jersey Law Journal

• "Over half of in-house counsel seek new jobs with better benefits: in-house compensation report," Lexpert

• "Legal Job Sector Stayed Strong In April Despite Economy," Law360

• "GC Group Championing Rule of Law Tops 500 Members Just Days After Launch," Corporate Counsel

• "'It's a Very Tough Time for Government Lawyers': Will Upheaval at DOJ Impact Litigation Over Trump's Agenda?" Law.com

• "Ex-DOJ Lawyers Aim to Fight Trump on Federal Worker Firings," Bloomberg Law

• "Outpacing the Elites? How the Second Hundred Hoisted Up Profits Last Year," Law.com

• "Build and Invest — Not 'Churn and Burn' — Are the Professional Development Keys to Outperforming the Market," The American Lawyer

• "Are Some Law Firms That Settled With Trump Getting the Cold Shoulder From Legal Departments?" The American Lawyer

• "Abbe Lowell Unveils New Firm, Joined by Associates Who Loudly Defected From Big Law," The American Lawyer

• "The Clock Is Ticking: Accelerating New Lateral Partners' Integration Using Media Relations," New York Law Journal

• "Stay or Go? Some Partners and Associates Are Considering Exits at Law Firms Settling With Trump," The American Lawyer

• "McDermott, Schulte Talk Merger to Create $2.8 Billion Law Firm," Bloomberg Law

• "Oversight Project Targeted DC Law Firms in Collective Billion-Dollar Pro Bono Ask," The American Lawyer

• "Associate attrition rises first time in three years, highest in small firms: NALP Foundation survey," Canadian Lawyer

• "Trade war boosted law firm demand in early 2025 but challenges lie ahead, report says," Reuters

• "Some Positives For Legal Industry in Q1, but Next Few Quarters May Be 'Rocky'," The American Lawyer

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