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Civil Litigation

Mar. 5, 2020

Chicago law firms represent Chicago companies in Placer County trial

The defendant’s attorneys from Kirkland & Ellis LLP took over the case just three months before trial and won over the jury.

A court battle involving two Chicago law firms and two Chicago-based companies fighting in a California courtroom over money owed on a real estate deal resolved this week as a Place County Superior Court jury found one of the firms refused to pay out $10 million it had agreed to as part of the deal.

The defendant's attorneys from Kirkland & Ellis LLP took over the case just three months before trial and won the case for their cli...

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