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3 Key Trends For The Legal Industry In 2025

By Tracey Read

Executive orders, updated office attendance policies and private equity interests were three top issues that shaped the industry this year.

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    Mid-Law

    Office Snapshot: Carlton Fields Joins Modern NY High-Rise

    Carlton Fields' New York team has left the Chrysler Building, making room for potential growth in a high-rise just a few blocks away.

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    Daily Litigation

    Ex-Sunoco Atty Joins Greenberg Traurig In Philly

    A former Sunoco Inc. chief counsel and onetime adviser for the CEO of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania has returned to private practice at Greenberg Traurig LLP in Philadelphia.

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    Daily Litigation

    Baker Botts Hires 2 New DC Partners For Enviro, IP Team

    Baker Botts LLP has hired two new partners in its intellectual property and environmental safety and incident response groups, who will both be based in the firm's Washington, D.C., office, Baker Botts said in recent announcements.

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    Daily Litigation

    4 Robbins Geller Attys To Join New Securities Boutique

    The managing partner of the New York City office of midsized law firm Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP is leaving with three other securities partners to join a new securities boutique that was launched by a lawyer who recently left Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP in a contentious exit.

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    Connecticut Pulse

    Mandelbaum Barrett Growing To New England With IBO Team

    Mandelbaum Barrett PC will expand its footprint into New England at the start of the new year when the firm adds two dozen attorneys, support staff and the Connecticut office of Ivey Barnum & O'Mara LLC to its resources.

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    California Pulse

    4 Legal Ethics Matters That Rocked 2025

    This year, judges across the country grappled with attorneys' use and misuse of generative artificial intelligence, and prominent federal prosecutor battles dominated headlines in some of the top legal ethics matters of 2025.

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    Haynes Boone, Seward & Kissel Announce Year-End Bonuses

    Haynes Boone is handing its associates year-end and special bonuses in line with those offered by a significant portion of BigLaw this year, largely adhering to a bonus scale first put forward by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP in November, a firm spokesperson confirmed Monday.

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    California Pulse

    Lawyers Don't Expect AI To Lower Billing Targets

    Generative AI is raising questions about how time-based billing adapts when tasks become faster to complete, but most attorneys recently surveyed by Law360 Pulse are skeptical that AI will shift expectations anytime soon.

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    California Pulse

    Winston Taylor Will Eye Growth Beyond $1.75B Merger

    The architects of the deal to create a major new transatlantic player called Winston Taylor say that "there's no finishing point" to their plans for expansion as they signal an openness to more deals and even external investment.

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    Courts

    Wis. Judge's Conviction In ICE Case Tees Up Legal Battle

    The conviction of a Wisconsin state judge for obstructing ICE officers is just the start of what will likely be a long legal battle, with major questions over judicial immunity, the evidence at hand and the meaning of "corrupt" yet to be decided.

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