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

• "The Law Firm Disrupted: Silence of the Elites," Law.com

• "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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