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January 26, 2023
Mayer Brown LLP won at trial for a water engineering client in the first bellwether case for victims of the Flint, Michigan, water crisis, beat back a challenge to field burning by a Florida sugar producer and brought a case against California's voter-approved pork farming rules to the U.S. Supreme Court, earning it a place among Law360's 2022 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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January 25, 2023
Shearman & Sterling LLP attorneys secured one of the most significant green hydrogen distribution deals by routing the promising renewable energy source to Europe, and slashed Belize's debt burden in exchange for the country's commitment to protect its ocean, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2022 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2023
Weitz & Luxenberg PC attorneys helped secure a $626 million settlement for victims of the Flint, Michigan, drinking water crisis, as well as settlements for communities whose water was contaminated by so-called "forever chemicals," earning it a place among Law360's 2022 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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January 13, 2023
Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2022, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.
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February 03, 2022
Susman Godfrey LLP attorneys played an integral role in securing a $626 million settlement for victims of the Flint, Michigan, water crisis and are working to defend longtime client Chevron Corp. against dozens of local governments' novel claims seeking to hold Big Oil financially liable for climate change, earning it a place among Law360's 2021 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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February 02, 2022
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP counseled nonprofits seeking to protect endangered species, guided the International Emissions Trading Association in a case against the federal government and represented an all-electric car manufacturer in a dispute with California's Air Resources Board, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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February 01, 2022
Mayer Brown LLP led the way in a multivenue battle to keep in place the Trump-era water rules its clients preferred, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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January 31, 2022
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP's environmental attorneys helped win key victories for clients in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Kentucky federal court and an Environmental Protection Agency appeals board, earning it a place among Law360's 2021 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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January 28, 2022
Environmental attorneys at Baker Botts LLP notched several notable achievements in recent months, establishing what the firm calls a "go-to" incident response team, successfully helping ExxonMobil Corp. recover cleanup costs from the U.S. government and setting a new standard for how environmental consent decrees may be terminated, earning a place among Law360's 2021 Environmental Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 14, 2022
Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its 2021 Practice Groups of the Year awards, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.
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January 14, 2022
Nine law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 52 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, having steered complex deals and won high-profile victories including at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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December 10, 2020
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP recently represented clients in major litigation including ongoing municipal tort claims over climate change and the drama surrounding Nationwide Permit 12's vacatur, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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December 09, 2020
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC has represented plaintiffs in major cases including the residents of Flint, Michigan, who suffered through the city's lead water crisis and received a $600 million settlement this summer, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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December 08, 2020
Bracewell LLP's environmental attorneys worked on several major deals and scored key litigation wins this year, including defeating efforts to halt construction on the Permian Highway Pipeline natural gas project in Texas, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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December 07, 2020
Beveridge & Diamond PC served as the court-appointed monitor for marquee actions like Volkswagen's $2.8 billion criminal plea over its emissions regulations scandal and Duke Energy's polluting of North Carolina waters with coal ash, earning itself a spot among Law360's 2020 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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December 04, 2020
Baron & Budd PC's environmental team achieved big, cutting-edge settlements for municipal clients that sued Pacific Gas and Electric Co. over wildfire damage in California and Bayer AG over water pollution across the country, earning it a place as one of Law360's 2020 Practice Groups of the Year.
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November 25, 2020
The eight law firms topping Law360's Firms of the Year managed to win 54 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, for guiding landmark deals, scoring victories in high-profile disputes and helping companies navigate uncharted legal seas made rough by the coronavirus pandemic.
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November 25, 2020
Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2020 Practice Groups of the Year awards, which honor the law firms behind the litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry in the past year.
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January 23, 2020
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP was involved in some of the year's biggest environmental disputes, from the ongoing fallout over the Aliso Canyon gas leak to defending against a growing wave of climate change litigation, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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January 22, 2020
The Western Environmental Law Center has won several court cases in different jurisdictions over the past year that have forced the federal government to reassess how it accounts for climate change when considering leases for fossil fuel exploration and production on public lands, earning the nonprofit a spot in Law360's 2019 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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January 21, 2020
Mayer Brown LLP last year secured litigation wins against the Obama administration's rule expanding the reach of the Clean Water Act and helped a gas company defeat accusations that it polluted a Chicago suburb through abandoned gas pipelines, landing itself a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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January 17, 2020
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 11, 2020
Law360's top seven Firms of the Year cleaned up at the 2019 Practice Group of the Year awards, notching a combined 46 wins after spending the past year helping companies navigate blockbuster deals and secure key high court rulings.
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January 10, 2020
Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2019 Practice Groups of the Year awards, which honor the law firms behind the litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry in the past year.
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January 31, 2019
Mayer Brown LLP racked up a high-stakes victory at the U.S. Supreme Court on jurisdictional questions in Clean Water Rule suits and convinced the justices to keep alive a challenge to the scope of the Endangered Species Act, landing the firm a spot among Law360's 2018 Environmental Groups of the Year.