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January 24, 2023
In a rare complete defense victory in Delaware's Chancery Court, Latham & Watkins LLP beat a derivative challenge to the $875 million acquisition of Berkeley Point Financial by BGC Partners Inc., whose controlling shareholder is Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick, earning Latham a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 23, 2023
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC helped to tie up one of the biggest shareholder derivative settlements on record and clinched multimillion-dollar investor deals to hold big corporate boards accountable for rooting out alleged workplace bias and abuse, landing it among Law360's 2022 Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 20, 2023
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz last year successfully fended off Elon Musk's attempt to renege on his promised $44 billion acquisition of Twitter and won a Delaware high court ruling that erased a $690 million judgment for its client, earning the firm a spot on Law360's 2022 Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 19, 2023
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP recovered billions of dollars for investors last year, most prominently through a series of settlements with German financial firm Allianz, earning it a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 18, 2023
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP secured a record-breaking $809.5 million settlement for class members the day before jury selection was set to commence in a trial between Twitter Inc. and its investors, ending a suit that dated back to 2016 and earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2022 Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 17, 2023
Securities law practitioners at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP secured a precedential appellate victory on behalf of hotel chain Marriott International Inc., and successfully argued for the dismissal of shareholder claims on behalf of Facebook's parent company Meta, earning the group a place among Law360's 2022 Securities 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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January 25, 2022
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP won a high-stakes appeal for Brookfield Asset Management at the Delaware high court that reversed a 2006 precedent on shareholder litigation, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2021 Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2022
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's defense of Facebook from derivative litigation last year led Delaware's Supreme Court to adopt a more stringent demand-futility standard, and the firm also helped two major mergers overcome stockholder challenges, landing it a spot among Law360's 2021 Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 21, 2022
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP secured dismissals of so-called event-driven shareholder litigation against Chinese search engine Baidu and shipping giant FedEx Corp., in addition to advising luxury goods company LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton on complex securities disputes, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2021 Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 20, 2022
Motley Rice LLC helped negotiate an $809.5 million deal with Twitter announced on the same day jury selection was set to begin in a shareholder suit over claims the social media giant overstated user engagement, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 19, 2022
Labaton Sucharow LLP brought home hefty settlements for investors in companies like Stamps.com and World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. last year while keeping alive a 12-year-old class action against Goldman Sachs that made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2021 Securities 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 07, 2020
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's work defending JPMorgan Chase in a $1.8 billion bankruptcy fight created new precedent protecting the $2.4 trillion syndicated loan market from legal scrutiny, and companies like Volkswagen and Wells Fargo continue to turn to the firm to navigate legal crises, earning the firm a place among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year.
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December 04, 2020
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP nabbed a pair of billion-dollar settlements for investors in the former Valeant Pharmaceuticals International and American Realty Capital Properties this year and wrapped up a case on the eve of trial with a $350 million deal, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year.
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December 03, 2020
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP guided several groundbreaking wins over the past year, including securing the dismissal of an unprecedented $50 billion breach-of-fiduciary duty suit against Blackstone, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2020 Securities Practice Groups of the Year.
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December 02, 2020
Latham & Watkins LLP beat multiple big-ticket securities actions against companies like Chipotle Mexican Grill, Funko and Ligand Pharmaceuticals and helped pave the way for new law on forum selection provisions in initial public offering documents, earning Latham's securities practice group a spot among Law360's Securities Groups of the Year.
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December 01, 2020
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC's securities practice group brokered the settlement of shareholder derivative allegations against the leaders of Google's parent company Alphabet that included a record-setting $310 million commitment by the company to diversity, equity and inclusion, landing it a spot among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year.
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November 30, 2020
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP didn't let the nationwide shift to teleworking in 2020 hinder its ability to secure nine-figure investor recoveries, including landmark securities settlements that addressed Equifax's 2017 data breach and allegations of sexual harassment at Signet Jewelers, landing it a spot among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year.
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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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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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January 21, 2020
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP closed the book on 17 years of Enron-related litigation last year by defeating a $2 billion securities class action against UBS and clinched a decade-long case against Barclays stemming from losses during the financial crisis, landing the firm among Law360's 2020 Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 17, 2020
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 16, 2020
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.