Lawyers are great at asking questions, but how are they at answering them? Bloomberg Law is talking with lawyers and other legal industry players to find out what their lives look like in the age of work from home.
As early as January, managing partners at Sidley Austin’s offices were monitoring the Covid-19 outbreak in China. The firm asked lawyers and staffers who had recently visited China to work remotely, and started planning for the likelihood that the entire firm would have to work remotely.
The New York City office, the second largest of Sidley’s 10 U.S. offices, has 650 ...