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Rankings: Practice Groups of the Year
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January 17, 2020
International Trade Group Of The Year: Fish & Richardson
Fish & Richardson PC has protected the intellectual property of companies such as headphone maker Bose Corp. and memory device manufacturer Macronix by obtaining exclusion orders from the U.S. International Trade Commission that bar infringing products from entering the U.S., securing its place as one of Law360's 2019 International Trade Groups of the Year.
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January 17, 2020
IP Group Of The Year: Perkins Coie
The intellectual property team at Perkins Coie LLP notched a victory at the Federal Circuit for Mylan Pharmaceuticals that allowed it to proceed with a generic cancer drug, and secured a $5 million patent win for Riddell Inc., earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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January 17, 2020
Securities Group Of The Year: Skadden
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP set the pace for defense wins and resolutions in the securities litigation industry in 2019, helping BlackRock Inc. knock down one of the largest ever excessive-fee suits against a mutual fund and obtaining a complete dismissal of shareholder claims against Foot Locker Inc., earning the firm its sixth honor as one of Law360's Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 17, 2020
Consumer Protection Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC helped guide a landmark Equifax data breach deal, with the credit reporting giant agreeing to pay consumers up to $425 million to settle claims involving about 150 million people's data, landing it a place among Law360's 2019 Consumer Protection Groups of the Year.
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January 17, 2020
M&A Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
The mergers & acquisitions team at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP helped lock in a series of colossal deals over the past year, including Praxair's more than $70 billion combination with Linde AG and Harris Corp.'s $35 billion L3 deal, landing the team among Law360's 2019 Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year.
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January 17, 2020
Cannabis Group Of The Year: Cozen O'Connor
Cozen O'Connor's central role in Canopy Growth's planned acquisition of Acreage Holdings, a deal that grabbed headlines for its size and first-of-its-kind structure, cemented the firm's place among the heavyweights in Law360's 2019 Cannabis Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 17, 2020
Construction Group Of The Year: Cozen O'Connor
Cozen O'Connor's recent work securing a key victory for nonunion highway construction labor in a battle with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation as well as leading litigation for Energy Transfer Partners on the controversial Mariner East 2 Pipeline in Pennsylvania helped earn the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Construction Groups of the Year.
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January 17, 2020
Telecommunications Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins LLP held a prominent role in steering T-Mobile's pending merger with Sprint last year, as well as developing net neutrality and Telephone Consumer Protection Act case law, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Telecommunications Groups of the Year.
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January 17, 2020
Environmental Group Of The Year: Manko Gold
Manko Gold LLP continued its record of success in environmental matters in 2019, defending clients in toxic tort suits, helping shepherd a high-profile Sunoco pipeline project through various challenges in Pennsylvania and representing New York City in two huge Superfund site cleanup proceedings, earning it a spot in Law360's 2019 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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January 17, 2020
Employment Group Of The Year: Sanford Heisler
Plaintiff-side powerhouse Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP continued to deliver results for workers in disputes with big-name employers including Dartmouth College, Merck and Western Digital Corp. last year, earning itself a spot among Law360's 2019 Employment Groups of the Year.
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January 17, 2020
Trials Group Of The Year: Winston & Strawn
Winston & Strawn lawyers helped NCAA players gain a limited victory in an antitrust suit over pay caps while also helping a doctor win the only full acquittal among numerous defendants in a fraud trial, making it one of Law360's 2019 Trials Groups of the Year.
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January 17, 2020
Tax Group Of The Year: Skadden
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP guided DowDuPont Inc. through spinoffs with more than $100 billion of enterprise value and helped Fidelity Investments achieve victory in the U.S. Tax Court over millions of dollars in tax credits, earning it a spot among Law360's 2019 Tax Groups Of The Year.
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January 16, 2020
M&A Group Of The Year: Skadden
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP over the past year has guided the spinoff of recently merged DowDuPont into three separate companies and led real estate giant Brookfield Asset Management Inc. in its $6.8 billion acquisition of Forest City Realty Trust Inc., earning the firm a place among Law360's 2019 Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year.
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January 16, 2020
IP Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's intellectual property group scored major victories on behalf of its technology clients, including a $268 million judgment in a lawsuit over a hearing aid implant patent, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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January 16, 2020
Securities Group of the Year: Robbins Geller
A banner year for Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP saw the firm score multiple billion-dollar settlements on behalf of investors and lead a pension fund to victory in a rare securities trial, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2020 Securities Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 16, 2020
Employment Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis
Over the past year, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP guided General Motors through a contentious labor negotiation with autoworkers that included a high-profile, 40-day strike and helped financial giants J.P. Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley score victories in cases that involved novel arbitration issues, carving itself a spot among Law360's 2019 Employment Groups of the Year.
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January 16, 2020
Energy Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP guided Andeavor in its $35.6 billion acquisition by fellow oil refiner Marathon Petroleum Corp. and helped BP PLC beat antitrust allegations of oil price manipulation, grabbing a spot on Law 360's 2019 Energy Groups of the Year.
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January 16, 2020
Trials Group Of The Year: Quinn Emanuel
Last year, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped hair care company Olaplex take down industry titan L'Oreal in a $50 million patent infringement trial and convinced a jury that Apple had infringed several Qualcomm patents, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Trials Groups of the Year.
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January 16, 2020
Tax Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown
Mayer Brown's tax practice earned key victories in 2019, including one for Bank of America over the U.S. Department of Justice in a tax refund battle and another for Fidelity and a coal-refining partner in a fight with the IRS over credits, landing it among Law360's 2019 Tax Groups of the Year.
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January 15, 2020
M&A Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP in the last year tackled a slew of multibillion-dollar deals for a variety of big-name clients like General Electric Co., CBS Corp. and IBM Corp., earning the firm a place as one of Law360's 2019 Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year.
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January 15, 2020
IP Group Of The Year: Jones Day
Jones Day represented Qualcomm in its multibillion-dollar licensing war with Apple and challenged a series of patents on behalf of Google, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2019 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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January 15, 2020
Securities Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins LLP defended a biotech startup in a rare securities litigation jury trial, which ended with a jury verdict largely in favor of the firm's client. This accomplishment by Latham's securities practice group has earned the team a spot among Law360's 2019 Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 15, 2020
Tax Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's tax group has innovated novel approaches to headline-grabbing mergers and acquisitions — including Bristol-Myers Squibb's $90 billion deal to buy Celgene, the largest M&A transaction in 2019 — placing the firm among Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 15, 2020
Energy Group Of The Year: Skadden
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP worked on several big-ticket legal matters in the energy space in the past year, including a multibillion-dollar public utility acquisition, earning the firm a spot on the list of Law360's 2019 Energy Groups of the Year.
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January 15, 2020
Employment Group Of The Year: Orrick
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP continued to establish itself as a leader in the employment field last year by successfully steering companies including Citigroup Inc. and SpaceX through appellate court wins, making it one of Law360's 2019 Employment Groups of the Year.