COVID-19
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London's High Court Refuses to Release $1B in Gold to Venezuela
By Amy Guthrie | July 2, 2020
The ruling clarifies the U.K.'s position on who it sees as Venezuela's legitimate leader, while withholding crucial aid to fight COVID-19.
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DWF Delays Salary Reviews Citing Economic Outlook
By Simon Lock | July 2, 2020
The development comes just days after the firm decided to shut its Singapore and Brussels offices, amid a sliding share price which on Thursday morning hit its lowest ever value.
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HFW Teams Up With Big Four Firm and Litigation Funder for COVID-19 Service
By Hannah Roberts | July 1, 2020
The trio have formed a non-exclusive project to advise clients looking to bring claims arising from the pandemic.
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Earnings at Law Firms in Australia Increase Despite COVID-19
By Christopher Niesche | June 30, 2020
Australia has been insulated, in part because of ongoing work from the fallout of last's years Royal Commission into the banking sector and because Australia has not been as badly affected by COVID-19 as other parts of the world.
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Baker McKenzie Cuts London NQ Salaries, Sign-on Bonuses
By Meganne Tillay | June 30, 2020
The firm had only launched the sign-on bonus in 2019, when it unveiled a slew of generous measures for its junior lawyers.
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'Pandemic Speed': Karen Linehan, Sanofi GC, on Managing the Risks of Vaccine Development
By Anne Bagamery | June 29, 2020
"Vaccine development is a long journey, and it's in everyone's interest to have a good outcome, not necessarily the quickest one," she says.
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BCLP Latest Law Firm to Cut London NQ Pay
By Meganne Tillay | June 29, 2020
The transatlantic firm is the latest to trim compensation for its U.K.-based junior lawyers in response to the corona-virus pandemic.
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Allen & Overy, Freshfields and Linklaters Take On Intu Administration
By Varsha Patel | Simon Lock | June 26, 2020
Linklaters is a long-standing adviser to the property company, while other firms have taken a range of mandates.
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Watching COVID-19 Cases Spike, Texas Firms Rethink Reopening Plans
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | June 26, 2020
As COVID-19 cases rise in Texas, with Susman Godfrey founder Stephen Susman among them, firms in the state are considering walking back their reopening plans. But it would likely take a stay-at-home order to force closures, firm leaders say.
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The NQ Pay Climbdown At A Glance
By Simon Lock | June 26, 2020
Firms have moved to cut NQ salaries, hold them steady or put off their decision until later in 2020.
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