The Chicago Cubs know all about the weight of history. They spent the season solidly atop the standings, and with Kris Bryant an MVP frontrunner and Kyle Hendricks a Cy Young contender, they’re going into the playoffs favored to win the World Series. But the fact remains: The Cubs haven’t won it all in 107 years.
For a lesson in how to deal with the burden of the past, the Cubs could do worse than to look to its own in-house legal department and its lawyers at Kirkland & Ellis and DLA Piper. The renovation and expansion of historic Wrigley Field has been a key element of the Cubs’ comeback strategy, but the entire project was threatened by the team’s legal history and the uniqueness of its 102-year-old ballpark, which in addition to being designated a city landmark is located in a residential neighborhood.
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