Our runners up for Litigator of the Week include Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s Alex Spiro and William Price. They scored a huge win for Elon Musk, who faced a $190 million defamation claim by a British caver after the Tesla co-founder called him “pedo guy” in a tweet.
A jury in Los Angeles federal court on Dec. 6 took just 30 minutes to side with Musk. The case is now officially over—in a joint stipulation filed on Monday, plaintiff Vernon Unsworth agreed to forego an appeal and Musk agreed not to seek legal fees.
