Wake Up Call: Corporate Lawyers Say Exhaustion Hits Their Work

In today’s column, four Big Law firms advised in a Saudi-led takeover of a major professional English soccer team; Steptoe took a four-lawyer international trade team away from Jones Day in Brussels; the federal judge who blocked Texas’ abortion law is familiar with controversy.

• Leading off, over half of 202 corporate lawyers responding to a recent survey by Gartner, Inc., said they’re exhausted because of their post-pandemic workloads and other pressures. Of the 20% of respondents who said they’re “highly exhausted,” most said they had frequently delayed or killed projects, and 68% said they want to leave their organizations. ( ...