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How to Grow Fast Like Kirkland

It can be hard to understand how Kirkland & Ellis got so big. Now twice the size of most its largest rivals, with revenues of more than $7 billion, the world’s biggest law firm has defied law firm strategists with its relatively narrow practice and office mix. As this video…

NASCAR Subject of Wrongful-Death Suit After Engineer’s Electrocution

NASCAR and its various partners are the subject of a wrongful-death suit from the estate of an engineer who died by electrocution while helping set up the company’s Chicago street-racing weekend event last summer. Attorneys with the Clifford Law Offices in Chicago filed the complaint on behalf of the plaintiff, Kristin Tabinski as…

Kirkland & Ellis to Represent Apple in Landmark Antitrust Lawsuit

Apple has tapped Kirkland & Ellis to represent it in the landmark antitrust lawsuit that the Department of Justice filed against the tech giant on Thursday, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. The DOJ’s antitrust suit alleges that Apple engages in many exclusionary practices that illegally shut out competitors, hindering…

It Took a Decade, But FDA Wins Case Over Tobacco Warning Labels

Ten years after the Food and Drug Administration struck out on its first swing at enforcing new tobacco product warning labels, the agency got a win at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Tobacco company plaintiffs led by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. can still challenge the FDA…

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms M ‘Patchwork’ Jury Verdict in Med Mal Case

An Illinois appellate court affirmed a $45 million medical malpractice verdict, rejecting the defendants’ claims that a jury’s “patchwork” verdict violated their right to have a unanimous verdict. The Illinois Appellate Court for the First District, Sixth Division affirmed that Cook County Circuit Judge Robert E. Senechalle properly instructed the jury…