Wake Up Call: Dollars Draw Young Canadian Lawyers to U.S.

In today’s column, three more firms announced Davis Polk scale salary hikes; a federal judge in opioid litigation against major pharmacies backtracked on his order requiring jurors to be vaccinated against Covid; a New Jersey legal tech firm is suing the New York Times for alleged nonpayment.

• Leading off, fierce competition for talent has spurred some Big U.S. law firms, especially those with booming private equity and M&A practices, to look abroad for qualified lawyers, including to Australia. According to a new report, about 31 young lawyers, mainly with transactional law experience, have moved to U.S.-based jobs from Canada, ...