A team at Steptoe secured a $ 171.6 million judgment for client Eddystone Rail Company LLC against propane company Ferrellgas Partners and certain of its affiliates. After a 19-day bench trial handled in spurts dating back to September 2022, U.S. District Judge Joshua Wolson in Philadelphia found in a decision…

A civil settlement between Parkland school mass shooter Nikolas Cruz and a student who survived the massacre means Cruz is now prohibited from granting any interviews without the written consent of Anthony Borges, the young man he attempted to murder on Feb. 14, 2018. And the deal also controls what happens to…

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has announced plans to implement amended regulations governing the entry of U.K. lawyers and law firms to the Indian legal market. The update follows the authority’s move last March, announcing the liberalization of the Indian legal market after more than two decades of restrictions.

Expert Perspectives on Biggest Court Cases Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/litigationdaily/2024/06/28/litigator-of-the-week-eliciting-a-mea-culpa-from-the-irs-for-citadel-founder-over-leaked-tax-records/ (l-r) A.J. Merton, William Burck, and Peter Fountain, with Quinn Emanuel. Photos: courtesy/Carmen Natale/ALM Q&A After William Burck, AJ Merton and Peter Fountain of Quinn Emanuel sued the Internal Revenue Service on behalf of billionaire investor Ken Griffin, the agency…

Sometimes, it’s best to go by the numbers. Each week, Law.com is telling critical legal stories through data visualizations. This week, the National Law Journal ranked the 500 largest law firms, while the Daily Business Review listed Florida’s 100 biggest firms. Antitrust attorneys charted the deal challenges filed since Federal Trade Commission…

Attorneys from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have joined efforts with the American Civil Liberties Union and others to file a federal lawsuit this week on behalf of nine multifaith families in Louisiana in an attempt to block a new state law requiring all public schools to display the Ten Commandments in…