Wake Up Call: Baker McKenzie Eyes September Return to Office

In today’s column, Belgium indicted the biggest law firm in Benelux on money-laundering charges;”staggering” legal fees in the bankruptcies of the Boy Scouts and Purdue Pharma are getting negative attention; the Pritzker School of Law named a new dean.

• Leading off, Baker McKenzie plans to bring lawyers and staff back into the office in early September, considering some in-person contact essential to the firm’s success. While the firm’s North America chief executive officer Colin Murray said he also expects working from home to be part of the firm’s post-pandemic model, the firm is not planning to have fully remote partners ...