Restaurant Practices Boost Business as Virus Ravages Industry

Few industries have taken a harder hit during Covid-19 than the restaurant business, which has lost millions of jobs and billions of dollars. But that collapse has resulted in abundant work for Big Law restaurant practices.

Restaurant Matters: These practices tend to cross disciplines, and they’ve stacked up billable hours working on issues from assisting companies with layoffs, to interpreting worker safety regulations, to pitching in on virus-related litigation.

A New World: “Every situation is starkly different,” said Anna Graves, co-leader of the restaurant, food and beverage industry group at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. “There is no shortage of things ...