ANALYSIS: What Lawyers Think of Their Employers’ Russia Response (1)

In the wake of Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, US law firms and corporations have made major operational changes in response, including closing offices and ending business operations in Russia. Bloomberg Law’s second State of Practice survey, conducted in June and July, gave attorneys the opportunity to weigh in on what (if anything) their employers did in response to the war.

Every single attorney whose employer had business operations in Russia before Feb. 24 said their legal organization curtailed business or development in some way. But only half said they are satisfied with what their companies had done.

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