Due to the persistence of the COVID-19 pandemic throughout its domestic footprint, K&L Gates has told its U.S. workforce to come into the office only after being vaccinated, the firm confirmed to Law.com on Monday.

According to an internal firm memo by K&L Gates global managing partner James R. Segerdahl, the updated policy applies only to the global law firm’s 24 offices in the U.S., “as some of these steps are not practical or cannot be taken in other regions for various reasons, including vaccine availability and legal considerations.”