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September 14, 2021
Hassan Zavareei of Tycko & Zavareei LLP helped get a $66 million settlement against Bank of America for illegal fees upheld, defeated an arbitration agreement that shielded Wells Fargo from litigation stemming from its overdraft practices and got a judge to approve a $17 million settlement from Capital One, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Class Action MVPs.
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September 13, 2021
Crystal Nix-Hines of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP successfully represented several universities in tuition class actions connected with the COVID-19 pandemic and earned the dismissal of a proposed class action against General Motors over its car heaters, making her one of Law360's 2021 Class Action MVPs.
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September 10, 2021
Ashley Simonsen of Covington & Burling LLP helped Facebook fend off a class action accusing the social media giant of charging advertisers for bogus clicks and helped student loan servicer Navient resolve a class action over loan payments, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Class Action MVPs.
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August 30, 2021
The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2021 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.
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October 13, 2020
Jonathan Youngwood of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP secured a historic consent decree against a Mississippi sheriff's department in a class action challenging the department's racially biased policing and settled claims that SeaWorld downplayed the financial impacts of the documentary "Blackfish," earning him a spot among Law360's 2020 Class Action MVPs.
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October 09, 2020
Shon Morgan of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped persuade a federal judge to approve a massive deal to settle suits for Hyundai and Kia over an engine defect, won an arbitration ruling for Ancestry.com, and grappled with new class actions spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic, making him one of Law360's 2020 Class Action MVPs.
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October 08, 2020
Melanie Blunschi of Latham & Watkins LLP helped Facebook avert $6 billion in identity theft claims, steered Apple to preliminary victory against a class action regarding device security updates, and laid to rest allegations that "zombie" cookies were lurking on Verizon mobile devices, making her one of Law360's 2020 Class Action MVPs.
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October 07, 2020
Michael Kidney of Hogan Lovells' class action practice successfully defended Ford and Hyundai in consumer class actions over alleged tire and brake defects, earning him a spot as a Law360 2020 Class Action MVP.
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October 06, 2020
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP's Steve Berman helped secure an injunction scrapping a student-athlete pay rule, shepherded a $700 million settlement with Mercedes, and nabbed class treatment for 3 million consumers suing Apple, wins that notched him his fifth consecutive placement as a Law360 Class Action MVP.
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October 05, 2020
Robert J. Giuffra Jr. of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP guided VW through a bellwether trial over consumer claims stemming from the 2015 "clean diesel" emissions-cheating scandal, landed two dismissals of a sprawling proposed class action against the automaker, and secured a reasonable settlement for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in a major stock-drop suit, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Class Action MVPs.
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October 04, 2020
The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2020 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.
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November 21, 2019
Theane Evangelis of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP successfully defended Uber as the ride-hailing giant secured a major victory at the Ninth Circuit against hundreds of thousands of drivers who claimed they were misclassified as independent contractors, placing her among Law360's 2019 Class Action MVPs.
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November 20, 2019
Suhana Han of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP successfully represented several major companies in class actions this year, including securing a dismissal of an antitrust class action against Volkswagen and Audi and helping both companies exit multidistrict litigation over airbags, earning her a spot among Law360's 2019 Class Action MVPs.
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November 19, 2019
Steve W. Berman of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP won a big fight for student-athletes against the NCAA this year that will help them receive more benefits in exchange for their labor, landing him on the list of Law360's 2019 Class Action MVPs.
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November 18, 2019
Shon Morgan of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP persuaded the full Ninth Circuit to overturn an appellate panel's ruling in a case involving Hyundai's fuel economy ratings, salvaging a major settlement — an achievement the firm calls perhaps the most significant class action ruling of the year — and landing Morgan among Law360's 2019 Class Action MVPs.
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November 15, 2019
Over the last year Neil Potischman of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has been involved in some of the highest profile class action cases — including defending Walmart from a group of plaintiffs who were allegedly detained for shoplifting, as well as helping Novo Nordisk escape racketeering claims — landing him a spot among Law360's 2019 Class Action MVPs.
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November 08, 2019
The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2019 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.
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December 11, 2018
Christopher Chorba, the co-chair of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's class action practice group, defeated class certification for Aetna Inc. and Yahoo and secured the dismissal of suits against Express Scripts Inc. and Toyota this past year, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Class Action MVPs.
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December 10, 2018
Steve W. Berman of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP has been involved in several high-profile class action cases, including a $25 million settlement with Samsung and Toshiba after the companies were accused of collectively raising prices of optical disk drives. These accomplishments landed him among Law360's 2018 Class Action MVPs.
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December 07, 2018
John Browne of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP brought in hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements this past year for investors through securities class actions against companies like Clovis Oncology Inc., Amedisys Inc. and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, putting him among Law360's 2018 Class Action MVPs.
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November 21, 2018
The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2018 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.
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December 15, 2017
Edward Soto, managing partner of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP’s Miami office, secured an Eleventh Circuit victory for Proctor & Gamble in a product liability case this year and torpedoed class claims against other manufacturers, earning him a spot among Law360’s 2017 Class Action MVPs.
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December 14, 2017
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC’s Steven Toll won major settlements for investors over the past year, including a $175 million agreement with BP over shares sold during the company’s 2010 oil spill and a $165 million deal with big banks over practices that contributed to the 2008 financial crisis, earning him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Class Action MVPs.
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December 13, 2017
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP's Steve Berman has had a stellar year, settling multiple class actions against big entities like the NCAA and U.S. Soccer and litigating suits against Stericycle and diabetes drug companies, securing him a place as one of Law360’s 2017 Class Action MVPs.
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December 12, 2017
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP's Robert Bilott was the driving force behind litigation over the dumping of a cancer-linked chemical that led to a $670.7 million settlement with DuPont and spinoff Chemours this year, making him one of Law360’s 2017 Class Action MVPs.