Fearing Budget Cuts, Government Lawyers Jump to Private SectorSome legal recruiters report that President-elect Trump’s plans to trim the ranks of government workers are prompting some rank-and-file government lawyers to look for work in the private sector,

Housing Market May Not Rebound in 2025The 2024 housing market is on track to be the slowest in nearly 30 years as high mortgage rates and home prices combined with extremely low housing inventories have kept homeowners

Single-Family Home Sales RiseNew single-family home sales rose 10.6% month-over-month and were up 5.9% year-over-year in July 2024, according to the US Department of Commerce. July’s rise in home sales marked the biggest gain in more than

Law Firm Revenues Rise Driven by robust billing rates and rising demand, revenue at US law firms increased 11.4% in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, according to Wells Fargo’s Legal

Law Firm Moderate Industry Sales GrowthLaw firms’ sales are expected to notch moderate growth over the next several years. The industry’s year-over-year sales rose 3.2% in 2022 before rising to 4.5% growth in 2023, according to Inforum

Wage Growth Outpaces Pricing Growth Wages in the electrical contracting industry rose moderately year-over-year in Q4, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Meanwhile, BLS data show that producer prices for nonresidential electrical contractors have been

Law Firm Wage Growth Outruns PricingUS producer prices charged by law firms are not rising as fast as industry wages, which could suggest some firms’ margins may be squeezed by higher labor costs. In late Q3 2023,