COVID-19
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International Edition | Analysis
The Pandemic Has Put Associate Development Back on the Back Burner
By Zack Needles | September 9, 2020
After decades of deprioritizing associate development and well-being, law firm leaders have been obsessed the past few years with figuring out how to get—and keep—young lawyers engaged. But the pressures of the pandemic are beginning to endanger any recent progress made on that front.
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International Edition | Analysis
Six Months On: How Africa's Lawyers Are Coping In the Pandemic
By Jennigay Coetzer | September 9, 2020
Across Africa law firms have been subject to varying types of restrictions and have learned valuable lessons since the arrival of COVID-19 on the continent.
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Law Institute of Victoria Seeks Concessions After Melbourne Lockdown Extended
By Christopher Niesche | September 8, 2020
Law firm offices in Melbourne will remain closed until the end of September after the Victorian government extended the six-week lockdown introduced last month to combat a second wave of the virus.
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DWF Trading Rebounds After Torrid Year
By Simon Lock | September 8, 2020
The firm has cut £10 million of debt since April following office closures and redundancies.
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Hogan Lovells Restores Lawyer Pay Retroactively, Bonus and Salary Reviews to Go Ahead
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | September 4, 2020
Hogan Lovells has lifted some austerity measures, including a 10% pay cut on associates in the U.S., Mexico and Brazil.
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Squire Latest Law Firm Set to Make UK Cuts
By Meganne Tillay | September 4, 2020
The firm is the latest in a long line of U.S. and international firms to make the decision in recent months.
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Skadden Trims Staff Ranks Across US Offices
By Dylan Jackson | September 3, 2020
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, which had $3.9 million in profits per equity partner last year, laid off 4% of U.S. staff.
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Reach Names First GC As Print Industry Continues to Struggle
By Varsha Patel | September 3, 2020
The hire comes as the journalism industry faces job losses in light of financial strain due to COVID-19.
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In US, Big Firms Plan to Allow Remote Work for Rest of Year
By Christine Simmons | September 3, 2020
Several firms said they expect office attendance to be required sometime in 2021, but others said remote work would continue "indefinitely" or until a coronavirus vaccine is in place.
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US Firm Scraps UK Core Hours, Allows Partners to Work Remotely Up to 50% Of Time
By Meganne Tillay | September 3, 2020
The move follows that of Linklaters in August, as firms adapt to new ways of working amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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