Bloomberg Law
Sept. 14, 2021, 10:00 AM

Firms Delay Office Returns, Raising Fear of ‘Irreparable Harm’

Meghan Tribe
Meghan Tribe
Reporter
Ruiqi Chen
Ruiqi Chen
Reporter

Many law firms targeting office returns shortly after Labor Day have since delayed those plans, citing the recent spike in Covid-19 infections caused by the delta variant.

Dechert and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner have bumped their reopening dates to Oct. 4 from early September. Mintz Levin, which was slated to reopen on Monday, has moved its reopening date to Oct.18, as has Wall Street’s Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.

Elite New York firm Davis Polk & Wardwell went ahead with its office reopening on Monday, but said it wouldn’t require associates and counsel to come in for a specific number of ...

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