Welcome to the Law Firm Disrupted, a briefing from Law.com editor Dan Packel that surveys new competitive pressures on law firms and how their managers are coping, plus insights on the tactics and tech employed by would-be disruptors.   Have an opinion? Email me here. Want to be alerted to this dispatch in your inbox most Thursdays? Sign up here.

Does the phrase “work-life balance” extend to the ability to compartmentalize?  Specifically, is it possible to separate the personal alarm tied to implications from a seismic political event, from enthusiasm about the impact of that same event on one’s business interests?