Reed Smith, Fried Frank to Require Vaccines in Office Return (2)

Reed Smith and Fried Frank are joining a growing wave of law firms telling their employees they must be vaccinated when they return to the office in September.

The firms recently informed lawyers and staff they are expected to return to offices on a flexible basis beginning Sept. 13. Employees were also told that they must be vaccinated by that time, spokespersons for the firms told Bloomberg Law Friday.

“With the prevalence of the Delta variant and the contagious nature of that strain, we have concluded that to best protect our people, it now makes sense to require that Reed ...