2021 brought a host of seismic stories about the legal industry. Here, we take a look back at the themes that dominated the year combining the most-read stories on Law.com International with other major developments that took place over the last 12 months.

1. The Remote Working Debate

Law firm leaders faced a quandary in trying to get people back into the office. Push too hard and lawyers might leave, push too little and they lose all the benefits that collective working brings. But just as firms felt they had come up with a nice balanced approach, Morgan Stanley’s chief legal officer Eric Grossman threw a spanner in the works.

Eric Grossman of Morgan Stanley.