Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Apr 14, 2025)

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

• "Canadian lawyers moving to US less, but it's not about politics, says recruiter," Canadian Lawyer

• "Law Firm Mergers Lag Amid Political, Economic Uncertainties," Law360

• "BigLaw firms slow down recruiting and hiring amid changing political landscape," ABA Journal

• "Law students say they want to work for the firms standing up to Trump," Politico

• "The key ingredients to a successful lateral move: firms get a rainmaker, lawyers get needed support," Canadian Lawyer

• "Redefining the 'Art of the Deal': How Law Firms Caught in the Sociopolitical Storm Can Adapt," The American Lawyer

• "Deputy AG's Memo Bars Justice Department Attorneys From ABA Event Participation," Law.com

• "Trump Freed to Fire Federal Workers as Court Pauses Hold," Bloomberg Law

• "Law firm Paul Weiss's pro bono leader resigns after Trump deal," Reuters

• "I Quit Skadden When It Gave Trump the Wheel to Steer Pro Bono," Bloomberg Law

• "The Law Firm Disrupted: Trump Makes Pro Bono Work A Big Story," Law.com

• "Supreme Court Backs Trump for Now on Federal Worker Firings," Bloomberg Law

• "Justice Dept. Lawyers Are Struggling to Defend Trump's Policies in Court," The New York Times

• "DOJ Aims to Staff Up 'Priority Work' on Antisemitism, Title IX," Bloomberg Law

• "Pro Bono Partnerships Strengthen Courts, Communities, Country," Bloomberg Law

• "Trump Talks Deal With Three Massive Law Firms as Others Fight," Bloomberg Law

• "Growing List of Law Firms Seeks White House Deals, Hoping to Also Curtail EEOC Inquiries," The American Lawyer

• "How Trump Is Putting Law Firms in a No-Win Situation," The New York Times

• "Trump War on Big Law Exposes Wall Street Firms' Soft Underbelly," Bloomberg Law

• "Some lawyers split with their firms over response to Trump's attacks," Reuters

• "Hundreds of Big Law Partners Unite Amid Law Firm Silence on Trump," Law.com International

• "Trump signs executive order targeting law firm Susman Godfrey," Reuters

• "Expected to 'Fight' Trump's Executive Order With a Lawsuit, Susman Godfrey Has Battled Critics Before," Law.com

• "Jenner and Wilmer Point to Trump's Law Firm Deals in Bid to Block Executive Orders," Law.com International

• "'They Give Me A Lot of Money': Trump Nods to Law Firm Deals in Coal Event," The American Lawyer

• "Trump Says He'll Enlist Big Law Dealmakers for Coal, Tariffs," Bloomberg Law

• "Trump Gets Millions in Pro Bono Work, But Details Still Fuzzy," Bloomberg Law

• "Trump 'Has Plenty of Law Firms' Now, But Some Lawyers Are Leaving," The American Lawyer

• "Trump says he may ask top law firms to work for free on US trade deals," Reuters

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