A few days after Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn picked up a 14-lawyer firm in the city, its Detroit-based rival Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone is poised to bolt on 10 lawyers from Windy City boutique Kubasiak, Fylstra, Thorpe & Rotunno.

“I saw [Honigman CEO] David Foltyn last week at the Mackinac Policy Conference,” says Miller Canfield CEO Michael McGee of the annual economic development event held on an island in Lake Huron. “He didn’t say anything—he’s got quite the poker face!”