This in from Above The Law this morning .. as if law firms didn’t have enough to contend with….
At least one summer associate in the Chicago office of Mayer Brown appears to have contracted swine flu (aka the H1N1 virus), according to a firm memo that was circulated within the past hour. In addition, a second associate has been showing symptoms.
Quipped one of the many tipsters who sent this our way: "As though summer associates didn’t have it bad enough already this year:" Said a second source: "Rumor is that a lot of people are not feeling well."