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February 09, 2022
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP represented AT&T in a $43 billion reverse Morris trust merger between AT&T-owned WarnerMedia and Discovery and served as counsel to Major League Baseball in a lawsuit over its moving the All-Star Game from Georgia to Colorado, helping the firm earn a place among Law360's 2021 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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February 08, 2022
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP represented shareholders involved with Discovery Inc.'s multibillion-dollar merger with Time Warner and counseled MGM in its $8.45 billion sale to Amazon, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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February 07, 2022
Jenner & Block LLP won a trademark suit over the MTV reality show "Floribama Shore," successfully defended Chance the Rapper in a contract dispute and blocked online retailers from selling devices that could allegedly hack Nintendo Switch gaming consoles, earning it a spot among Law360's 2021 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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February 04, 2022
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP secured Rachel Maddow's win over defamation claims from far-right media outlet One America News and helped Bob Dylan defeat claims that a co-writer on his 1976 album "Desire" was owed more than $7 million from the music icon's 2020 sale of his song catalog, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Media & Entertainment 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 16, 2020
O'Melveny & Myers LLP sealed a victory for Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. in its battle to stop Netflix from poaching executives and secured for Viacom a $375 million deal to get a 49% stake in Miramax, earning a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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December 15, 2020
This year, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP racked up a slew of notable victories, securing tens of millions of dollars and major injunctive relief for the biggest players in media and entertainment, including Disney, Sony, Paramount and Universal, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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December 14, 2020
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP led AMC to a victory against producers of "The Walking Dead" who wanted more of the show's profits, notched a win for Rachel Maddow and MSNBC in a defamation suit by One America News Network, and represented Mary Trump in her family's attempt to block her tell-all book, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2020 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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December 11, 2020
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP helped director M. Night Shyamalan and Apple TV+ defeat a copyright lawsuit over the series "Servant," led Showtime's win in a defamation suit over the show "Billions," and successfully represented Simon & Schuster in a battle over President Donald Trump's niece's damning tell-all book, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Media and Entertainment 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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February 06, 2020
O'Melveny & Myers LLP sealed an appellate victory for AT&T's $85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner and secured for 21st Century Fox Inc. a $128 million reduction on a $179 million arbitration award, earning a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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February 05, 2020
Munger Tolles & Olson LLP scored numerous victories on behalf of Disney, including a $62 million jury award for statutory damages in a copyright lawsuit against VidAngel, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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February 04, 2020
Jenner & Block LLP received a definitive Ninth Circuit victory in a long-running copyright case over the works of John Steinbeck, negotiated a deal on behalf of FOX Sports for a new gambling partnership and scored a victory for FanDuel in a class action suit, earning it a spot among Law360's 2019 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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February 03, 2020
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP successfully represented BuzzFeed as it beat back defamation claims by a Russian tech executive concerning the publication of a dossier alleging ties between Russia and Donald Trump's campaign, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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January 31, 2020
Covington & Burling LLP advised Disney through the antitrust regulatory process for its $71 billion deal with 21st Century Fox and represented major record labels in copyright lawsuits against Charter Communications over music piracy, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Media & Entertainment 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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February 14, 2019
Munger Tolles & Olson LLP has long been at the forefront of media and entertainment litigation, in 2018 representing Disney in cases against RedBox and VidAngel and defending FX Networks in a suit brought by actress Olivia de Havilland, earning the firm a spot on Law360's list of Media and Entertainment Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 13, 2019
Kirkland & Ellis LLP secured a win for Fox News Network at the Second Circuit that clarified the fair use doctrine for copyrights of video clips collated by other websites, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Media and Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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February 12, 2019
Hueston Hennigan LLP's media and entertainment practice group has made a name for itself handling a long-running saga of litigation involving media mogul Sumner Redstone, a trademark suit for Walt Disney subsidiaries, and a constitutional challenge to a California law on behalf of IMDb, earning the group a spot on Law360's list of 2018 Media and Entertainment Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 11, 2019
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP's work helping Buzzfeed beat back a defamation suit after the media outlet published a dossier connecting Russia and then-President-elect Donald Trump, along with successfully defending client Universal Pictures in a case the firm said will empower members of the entertainment industry, earned it a spot among Law360's 2018 Media and Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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February 08, 2019
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in 2018 represented Comcast as the media giant acquired British media company Sky for £30.6 billion and guided Spotify's financial advisers as the streaming service completed an unusual direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's Media and Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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January 11, 2019
Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2018 Practice Group 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.