Lawyers and remote work: ‘No universal truth’
Kevin Mulvehill Kevin J. Mulvehill, a partner with Phillips Lytle LLP and the firm’s Rochester, New York, office leader, says that there is no “universal truth” on whether lawyers and law firm [...]
Kevin Mulvehill Kevin J. Mulvehill, a partner with Phillips Lytle LLP and the firm’s Rochester, New York, office leader, says that there is no “universal truth” on whether lawyers and law firm [...]
Law firm managers are gleaning lessons for their future business operations from changes in the workplace necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Most notably, firms that have had a positive experience with their attorneys working [...]
No matter how much your law school covered in those three years, trying a case in the middle of a pandemic was probably not on the syllabus. And even the grayest of graybeards in [...]
With work-from-home assuming a permanently larger position in the legal profession, cybersecurity experts say that attorneys now need to be more vigilant than ever in keeping their data safe and their clients’ confidentiality secure.
If you Google the words “leadership qualities” you will find no shortage of entries. Rather than open those links and write about what others have to say, I decided to offer observations based on my own experience.
Attorneys and law firms have long had to deal with the mental health challenges that are so prevalent in the legal profession even in the best of times, and with COVID-19 both magnifying those [...]
Due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19, attorneys have been forced to make rapid changes to the way they conduct business and communicate with clients, the courts and even internal staff. One of those [...]
Law firms and individual attorneys should take care to ensure that this remote work is accomplished in compliance with attorneys’ duties under the Rules of Professional Conduct.
“This too shall pass” is a common phrase we hear during times like these. As attorneys, we are trained to evaluate the current state of things and prepare for what may come next. Many [...]
While we all deal with the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the resulting travel restrictions and social distancing recommendations from governments around the globe, we must keep perspective. The health and [...]