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COVID-19 Dispels Long-Held Law Firm Operations Myths

During the COVID-19 pandemic, law firms have learned that a large number of "essential" services and Standard Operating Procedure rules and assumptions about how an office works are 1950's myths that need to be identified, examined and re-engineered or discarded.

6 minute read November 01, 2020 at 12:07 AM
By
J. Mark Santiago
COVID-19 Dispels Long-Held Law Firm Operations Myths

It has been almost seven months since the COVID-19 virus has forced much of the American economy to either shut down (in some part) or work remotely.

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