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think
this
is
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lull
before
the
storm.
—
Kay
Hoppe,
a
legal
recruiter
based
in
Chicago,
in
comments
given
to
Bloomberg
Law,
on
one
of
the
reasons
2025’s
lateral
hiring
may
be
off
to
a
slow
start.
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