Without a federal COVID-19 directive, states implemented their own varying shelter-in-place mandates during the early days of the pandemic. But while the majority of states enacted shutdowns to offset growing coronavirus infections, seven states didn’t issue orders barring residents from nonessential activities.
Still, despite not having official stay-at-home orders, most law firms in Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming mirrored their colleagues across the country by working remotely to protect against potential coronavirus exposure.
