The news that respected labour and employment boutique Spectrum HR Law LLP has disbanded and all its lawyers but one dispersed to national, multinational or large regional firms speaks volumes to the reinvigorated profile that labour and employment law is enjoying at major firms and in the legal market generally (see Lexpert's June cover story).
From the outset, Spectrum HR -- founded in February 2010 and based in Vancouver and Calgary, with an office in Lethbridge -- took a progressive, client-oriented approach featuring fixed-fee arrangements that provided cost certainty and motivated clients to call often and early.
