On April 1, lawyers at Weil, Gotshal & Manges received the following email from chief talent officer Lisa Cuevas, headed “Important New Email Policy”:

Reports that both France and Germany have either considered or adopted workplace rules that ban emails to employees after their work hours have caused us to examine our own workplace and the impact that being “always on” has on our employees and their families. All studies we have seen point to reduced productivity. … Effective May 1, 2015, the following rules will be in effect, implemented by software in each office:

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