Law.com reports…..
Law firms will close in Michigan but stay open in Indiana, continuing the growing patchwork of state-mandated shutdowns that are being implemented to combat the COVID-19 outbreak.
Both Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb ordered residents in their respective states to stay at home in an effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus. Both orders require nonessential businesses to close their doors.
But the two states differ on whether legal services are considered essential. Whitmer’s executive order does not list lawyers or most law firm personnel as “critical infrastructure workers.” Instead, the only law firm employees that can be at the office are the ones who “conduct minimum basic operations,” like processing transactions or helping other employees work remotely.
Read more at https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2020/03/23/michigan-closes-law-firm-offices-indiana-keeps-them-open/
