Wake Up Call: Big Law Firms Beef Up Office Space With Expansions

Welcome to Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call, a daily rundown of the top news for lawyers, law firms, and in-house counsel.

• Office expansions accounted for nearly 43% percent of law firm leasing activity through the first nine months of the year, according to data from Savills Plc. The uptick—from nearly 29% over all of last year—was highlighted by Davis Polk’s renewal and expansion of 710,000 square feet in Manhattan. (Savills)
• New lawyers busted for using ChatGPT to create faulty legal documents have lost their jobs at firms in California and Colorado. Their sagas underscore the risks of using ...