Top-Ranked Florida Biglaw Firm Issues Vaccine Mandate
The state may be against COVID safety measures, but the firm is not.
Law firms continue to reverse course and change their plans when it comes to the reopening of their offices across thanks to the emergence of the COVID-19’s Delta variant. Vaccination mandates now seem to be the way of the future, and one by one, law firms are joining in to protect their employees and their local legal communities.
For reference, the following firms are requiring all employees to be vaccinated before they return to the office: Akin Gump, Arent Fox, Ballard Spahr, Boies Schiller Flexner, Carlton Fields, Cleary Gottlieb, Clifford Chance, Cooley, Cozen O’Connor, Crowell & Moring, Davis & Gilbert, Davis Polk, Davis Wright Tremaine, Debevoise & Plimpton, Dickinson Wright, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, Fenwick & West, Fried Frank, Goodwin, Hanson Bridgett, Hogan Lovells, Hueston Hennigan, Lowenstein Sandler, McDermott Will & Emery, Mintz, Norton Rose Fulbright, Patterson Belknap, Paul Weiss, Reed Smith, Ropes & Gray, Sanford Heisler, Schiff Hardin, Seyfarth Shaw, Sheppard Mulllin, Simpson Thacher, Skadden, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Weil Gotshal, Wilson Sonsini, and Winston & Strawn.
The latest firm to issue a vaccine requirement is Greenberg Traurig, the first Florida-based Biglaw firm to announce such a measure. With Florida continuing to set COVID-19 case records and state government staunchly against mask mandates and other rational restrictions and safety measures, it’s no wonder that GT announced this new policy.
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According to the Daily Business Review, the firm has mandated COVID-19 vaccines for all employees across each and every one of its U.S. offices.
A firm spokesperson said individual office leaders were asked to consider mandating vaccines after the Delta variant caused a spike in case numbers and hospitalizations. The firm is nearly 90% vaccinated, the spokesperson said.
Holland & Knight, another Florida-based firm, is reportedly considering a vaccine requirement for employees but has not yet come to a final decison on the matter.
Will your firm be changing its plans when it comes to vaccination for attorneys and staff thanks to the Delta variant? Please let us know.
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What has your firm announced as far as a reopening plan is concerned? The more information is out there, the more likely it is that firms will be able to establish a market standard for a return to the office.
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Greenberg Traurig Mandates Vaccines Across US Offices [Daily Business Review]
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