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Jump-Starting Business Development After Living in a Socially Distant World

As leaders slowly pave ways to restart the economy, lawyers and law firms are looking for the safest route to getting back to work supporting clients who are trying to do the same. At the center of these discussions, an important quandary is brewing: How do we go back to conducting productive business without seeming callous to the harsh realities many people are experiencing?

11 minute read June 01, 2020 at 12:09 AM
By
Deborah C. Scaringi
Jump-Starting Business Development After Living in a Socially Distant World

COVID-19 presents unprecedented personal and professional challenges both to every individual around the globe. The American economy has come very close to a full stop and almost every business now finds itself in a difficult position financially and operationally.

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