Rankings: Practice Groups of the Year

Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year highlights up to five practice groups that notched the biggest litigation victories or deals of the year. Winners are recognized for the size, complexity and significance of the deals or litigation they worked on.
  • February 05, 2024

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Susman Godfrey

    Susman Godfrey LLP's class action attorneys have helped plaintiffs secure millions in settlements in recent years, including one connected to what the U.S. Department of Justice called the largest price-fixing investigation in history, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • February 05, 2024

    Intellectual Property Group Of The Year: Arnold & Porter

    Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP brought in a win for Sanofi and Regeneron at the U.S. Supreme Court while also securing a $158 million infringement verdict for Boston Scientific, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2023 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2024

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Robbins Geller

    Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP is behind numerous high-impact class action deals, including a record-breaking $1 billion settlement for minority shareholders who accused Dell Technologies Inc. of shortchanging them in a controversial $23.9 billion stock swap, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2024

    Competition Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells

    Hogan Lovells secured a midtrial deal to end a U.S. Department of Justice challenge to Assa Abloy's $4.3 billion pickup of Spectrum Brands' hardware and home improvement business, making it one of Law360's 2023 Competition Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2024

    Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP steered a range of clients through cutting-edge data privacy disputes, including securing the dismissal of claims that Otonomo Inc. surreptitiously tracked drivers' locations and helping Apple Inc. escape a consumer class action over security vulnerabilities in its devices, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2023 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.

  • February 02, 2024

    Compliance Group Of The Year: Sidley Austin

    Sidley Austin LLP's compliance group spent much of the past year securing U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission settlements for clients, including favorable terms for McDonald's Corp. and Allianz Life, earning it a spot among Law360's 2023 Compliance Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 01, 2024

    Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Crowell & Moring

    Helping Microsoft stop the source of disruptive cyberattacks, advising large corporations on recovering from a Russian-linked ransomware attack and providing guidance for major military contractors on stronger U.S. Department of Defense regulatory standards earned Crowell & Moring LLP a spot on Law360's 2023 Cybersecurity Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 01, 2024

    Competition Group Of The Year: Hagens Berman

    Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP was able to score numerous wins in the past year, settling litigation accusing brokerages of anticompetitive conduct as well as claims that Perdue Farms conspired to keep wages low, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Competition Practice Groups of the Year.

  • February 01, 2024

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Keller Rohrback

    Keller Rohrback LLP scored big wins against companies like Facebook — in multidistrict litigation stemming from the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal — and Juul — in litigation over the e-cigarette company's marketing practices toward minors — earning the firm recognition as one of Law360's 2023 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • February 01, 2024

    Employment Group Of The Year: The deRubertis Law Firm

    The deRubertis Law Firm APC secured a $20 million jury verdict in September for a concierge worker who said the Marriott Marquis didn't accommodate his physical needs after he suffered a spinal cord injury, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • February 01, 2024

    Compliance Group Of The Year: Paul Hastings

    Paul Hastings LLP attorneys worked on major corporate compliance matters in 2023, helping oilfield services provider TechnipFMC avoid U.S. corruption charges stemming from a bribery scandal in Africa and Brazilian power company CEMIG sidestep charges via enhanced compliance, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Compliance Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2024

    Competition Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    The competition group at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP scored key rulings in cases last year for clients including Merck and Chevron, while also helping guide VMWare's $61 billion sale to Broadcom, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Competition Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2024

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Hagens Berman

    Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP helped certify a class of more than 180,000 student-athletes seeking compensation for their image rights, and won extended warranties and reimbursements for millions of people with faulty cars, securing its place among Law360's Class Action Groups of 2023.

  • January 31, 2024

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to make it harder for shareholders to sue companies that went public via direct listing and got the Ninth Circuit to side with Uber and Postmates on a California worker classification law, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2024

    Employment Group Of The Year: Outten & Golden

    With an eye on employers infringing on employees' rights, Outten & Golden LLP has scored high-dollar settlements for women who accused major companies such as Activision Blizzard and Goldman Sachs of promoting and paying them less, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2023 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2024

    Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Cooley

    Cooley LLP attorneys have represented education technology company Chegg in a Federal Trade Commission investigation and a proposed class action, as well as tech giant Google in a case before the Belgian Data Protection Authority, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2023 Cybersecurity and Privacy Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2024

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Clement & Murphy

    It's rare for a young law firm to win Law360's coveted Practice Group of the Year Award, but with two of the country's best-known appellate litigators, Clement & Murphy PLLC has won it twice.

  • January 31, 2024

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Arnold & Porter

    Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP won all the cases it took to the U.S. Supreme Court for the second consecutive year, with one landmark civil rights ruling that impacted millions of Americans, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • January 31, 2024

    Compliance Group Of The Year: Covington

    Covington & Burling LLP helped Stanley Black & Decker secure an unprecedented corporate declination from the SEC in a case allegedly involving more than $1 million in unreported perks and benefits, while helping Seagate Technology negotiate a $300 million settlement over alleged sales to Huawei, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Compliance Groups of the Year.

  • January 30, 2024

    Employment Group Of The Year: Lieff Cabraser

    Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP helped nail down a historic $215 million settlement for hundreds of women in a long-running gender bias class action lodged against Goldman Sachs, earning it a spot among Law360's 2023 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • January 30, 2024

    Banking Group Of The Year: Williams & Connolly

    An Ohio federal jury found last April that Fifth Third Bank owed no damages for a $444 million breach of contract claim brought by a certified class of customers in a major trial victory for the bank and its defense team, led by Williams & Connolly LLP, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2023 Banking Groups of the Year.

  • January 30, 2024

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Gibbs Law Group

    Gibbs Law Group LLP's class action practice continued to punch above its weight this past year, posting a $245 million verdict against online lender CashCall, certifying an investor class that allegedly fell victim to a $300 million Ponzi scheme, and litigating once again on behalf of consumers against Equifax, earning it a spot among Law360's 2023 Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • January 30, 2024

    Competition Group Of The Year: Cleary

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP saw one hotly contested merger through to closing, forced the Justice Department to settle another case and helped guide one of the largest-ever tech deals across the regulatory finish line, earning its place as one of Law360's 2023 Competition Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2024

    Employment Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP in the past year represented UBS in a whistleblower case before the U.S. Supreme Court, helped Amazon defeat class certification in a suit over home internet expenses and scored a series of wins for gig economy companies, earning it a spot among Law360's 2023 Employment Groups of the Year.

  • January 29, 2024

    Banking Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's attorneys steered a stricken Credit Suisse into the arms of UBS for the biggest bank merger since the 2008 financial crisis and helped Wells Fargo reach a record-setting $3.7 billion settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Banking Groups of the Year.

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