Wake Up Call: Remote Contract Lawyers Slam Monitoring Software

In today’s column, the Florida Bar’s governing board rejected proposals to allow non-lawyer ownership of firms and fee sharing; younger attorneys are leaving “disengaged” firms in search of constructive criticism; insurers are scoring big wins in Covid business interruption lawsuits.

• Leading off, contract lawyers complain that facial recognition programs monitoring their work from home invade their privacy. The software, which became more common because of the spread of remote work during the pandemic, among other things crashes frequently, interrupts their work, and gets them criticized for harmless behavior such as holding a coffee mug, lawyers said. (WaPo)
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