Wake Up Call: Baker Botts to Follow V&E Out of Beijing

In today’s column, Kirkland and Goodwin steered Bristol Myers’ $13.1 billion acquisition of a heart drug maker; law firm leaders say the impact of Covid on this fiscal year is making it challenging to budget for 2021; LexisNexis and Knowable launched a new searchable database of U.S. M&A deals; a Pennsylvania casino and racetrack operator is reversing pay cuts for its top lawyer and other executives, citing improved business; a Virginia federal judge overseeing a high-stakes bench trial involving Cisco Systems Inc. refused to recuse, despite learning that his wife owned Cisco stock.

• Leading off, Baker Botts is headed for ...