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Practice Area Percent of laterals*
Litigation 17%
Corporate 12%
Intellectual Property 9%
Banking/Finance 8%
Real Estate/Construction 7%
Labor and Employment 5%
Tax 5%
Business 3%
Mergers and Acquisitions 3%
Government 2%
Antitrust 2%
Technology 2%
International 2%
Energy 2%
Health Care 2%
Insurance 2%
Securities 2%
Environmental 2%

*The total will not equal 100 percent, as we only included practice areas that represented 2 percent or more of the overall number of moves.

(The American Lawyer, February 2006)