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Shearman abandons defined-benefit scheme to defuse pensions time bomb

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Legal Business · 4 November 2015 · 2 min read
Pay A&O Shearman

While some US law firms have long ignored mounting pension liabilities, relying on annual profits to pay retirees, Shearman & Sterling has become the latest firm to alter its pensions system to limit future payouts. 

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