In today’s column, an analyst says Big Law firms that don’t cut staff and lawyer salaries now may risk devastating partner exits later after Covid-19 takes their profits; BakerHostetler poached the U.S. head of Norton Rose Fulbright’s data protection, privacy and cybersecurity practice in San Francisco; Snell & Wilmer hired the head of McDermott Will and Emery’s trademark litigation group as a partner; Kickstarter hired an Uber in-house attorney to be its top lawyer; a former in-house lawyer at Apple Inc. said his prosecution for insider trading is unconstitutional.
- Leading off, the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on law firms’ ...