Big Law’s Hiring Boom – Am Law 200 Firms Snapped Up 20% More Lateral Partners in 2025

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The lateral partner market didn’t just heat up in 2025 but it ran hot. New data from Law.com Compass shows that Am Law 200 firms hired 4,152 lateral partners in the 12 months ending September 30, 2025, up from 3,473 the prior year.

That’s a nearly 20% jump — a sharp contrast to the modest 3.7% increase recorded the year before in the lateral hiring report.

The numbers tell a story of a legal industry that has found its footing again, and firms that are spending aggressively to prove it.

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NZ Law News – SFO charges former trust CEO over alleged $2.1 million fraud

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  The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has filed charges against Matekino Marshall, the former Chief Executive of a charitable trust, alleging he misappropriated just over $2.1 million from two trusts and a third entity which he was involved in.  The SFO alleges that, while Chief Executive of the Ngāti Tamaoho Trust, Mr Marshall misappropriated $547,408. He faces three representative charges of obtaining

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Legal Risks Businesses Face When Injury Claims Are Mishandled

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Article source: Policy National Workplace injuries are an unavoidable reality for many businesses, particularly in industries involving physical labor, transportation, healthcare, and construction. While most employers understand the importance of maintaining a safe environment, fewer recognize how quickly a mishandled injury claim can escalate into legal exposure. From delayed reporting to improper benefit coordination, errors

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Macfarlanes’ Curious New York Move: A Manhattan Office With No U.S. Law

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Macfarlanes Opens Manhattan Office – With a Deliberately Limited Mission Macfarlanes is joining the steady procession of London firms establishing a presence in New York. But unlike the usual BigLaw expansion playbook, the firm insists it has no intention of practising U.S. law. Instead, the profile City firm is opening what it calls a “representative

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UK Law Firm Macfarlanes Opens ‘Representative Office’ in New York

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The profile London-based law firm has announced that it will open a representative office in the Big Apple in April. The firm’s media statement on the announcement is shown below – Macfarlanes announces that it will open a representative office in New York in April 2026, which will operate alongside its London headquarters and Brussels

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Why Finding the Right Phoenix Slip and Fall Lawyer Can Make or Break a Premises Liability Case

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Article source: Gallagher & Kennedy Law Slip and fall claims are often dismissed as minor incidents. But within the personal injury bar, experienced litigators know these cases can involve complex liability disputes, aggressive insurance defenses, and significant damages exposure. For firms evaluating referral relationships or consumers researching representation, finding a Phoenix slip and fall lawyer

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Founder of Acton-Based Animal Welfare Organization Arrested on Federal Charge that He Plotted Former Employee’s Kidnapping

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          LOS ANGELES – An actor who is the founder and president of an animal welfare organization based near the Antelope Valley has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with the attempted kidnapping of a former employee who won a $6.7 million wrongful-termination judgment against him, the Justice Department announced today.           Leo Grillo,

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Florida accident victims face new hurdles as strict two-year filing deadline takes effect

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Power Briefing: Salpeter Gitkin LLP Image generated by Gemini Florida’s legal landscape for accident victims has been fundamentally altered. The once-generous four-year window to file a negligence lawsuit is gone, replaced by a strict two-year deadline under House Bill 837. This abrupt change is creating a wave of confusion and causing many to risk forfeiting

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Law Firm Freeths Recognized as UK’s Top Performing Insolvency Practice

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The Restructuring and Insolvency team at leading law firm Freeths has once again been recognised as the UK’s top-performing insolvency practice, securing the number one position in Solomonic’s newly released Year in Review 2025. According to the latest analysis from litigation data and analytics platform Solomonic, Freeths issued 548 claims in the Insolvency & Companies List during

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Fried Frank Hire PE & M&A Experts in London and New York From Kirkland

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Fried Frank have recruited two leading lawyers who will work on boosting the firm’s work in M&A and private equity. Rhett McPhie is from Kirkland & Ellis and one, Morgan Pusey, (pictured) is from Morgan Lewis. The firm’s media announcement is below – Fried Frank announced today that Rhett McPhie and Nathan R. Pusey have

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