LAW FIRM DEMAND(S) - The push by Big Law firms to mandate more time in the office isn’t only a logistical issue about where lawyers are working and billing hours. As Law.com’s Christine Simmons writes in the latest Law.com Barometer newsletter, it’s a sign that, amid lowered law firm demand and some continued alarms of a potential recession, firm leaders are attempting to take the power back. The talent war appears to be simmering down and law firm management has regained leverage, which some are using to make demands without fear of serious consequences from the associate ranks. “Yes, some lawyers will leave those law firms that are increasingly mandating more time in the office,” Simmons writes. “But as long as demand remains depressed, especially in transactional work and big deals, there’s less work to go around and the ‘war for bodies’ is over, other elite firms will have leverage to make office attendance mandates.” And hey, why not, right? Well…
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