While Big Law firms across the country have been announcing reduced hours, furloughs and even layoffs in recent weeks to counteract havoc wreaked by the COVID-19 pandemic, Connecticut firms have not been as quick to announce cuts—until this week.
As major firms in New York, Washington, D.C., and California began making cuts to offset losses, Connecticut firms began to follow suit. Almost simultaneously, announcements from Nutmeg State firms Shipman & Goodwin, Robinson & Cole and Day Pitney were released to the Connecticut Law Tribune this week, acknowledging either furloughs, reductions in hours and pay or a combination.
