Wake Up Call: Virus Gets Lawyers Back in ‘Big Picture,’ Dentons Boss Says

In today’s column, newly merged firm Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath said it’s slashing partner pay but pushing on with integration. Ballard Spahr, Duane Morris, and Husch Blackwell also announced cost-cutting moves. Husch Blackwell elected a former U.S. attorney and Missouri House speaker to become its first female leader. When Above the Law founding editor David Lat left the hospital after weeks of treatment for Covid-19, he found a legal profession turned upside down.

• Leading off, the Covid-19 pandemic is reviving demand for lawyers as companies look for advice on big moves they’re contemplating, such as bankruptcy, contract changes, and ...