January 17, 2013
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP attorneys left their mark on the emerging privacy landscape by helping Flurry Inc. and others escape claims over their allegedly unlawful collection of user data located on Apple Inc. mobile devices and securing a pair of regulatory settlements that allowed Facebook Inc. and Myspace LLC to preserve their data use practices, earning them a place among Law360's Privacy Practice Groups of the Year.
January 16, 2013
Covington & Burling LLP's privacy and data protection practice group secured a victory for LinkedIn Corp. last year by scoring the dismissal of a putative class action that accused the online networking site of transmitting user IDs to third parties, work that helped land the firm a spot among Law360's Privacy Practice Groups of the Year.
January 01, 2013
Law360 is pleased to announce the winners of this year's Practice Groups of the Year award.
January 09, 2012
When Google Inc. found itself on the receiving end of two major multidistrict litigations challenging its Street View photography program and Android mobile operating software, it turned to the ground-breaking practice of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC for the deep bench and tech-sector expertise that make the firm one of Law360's Privacy and Consumer Protection Groups of 2011.
January 06, 2012
Reed Smith LLP finessed plaintiffs in multimillion-dollar Web tracking class actions into refining their claims, then flexed its technical expertise to free E-Trade Financial Corp. and two other clients from the suits, showcasing the strength that put the firm on Law360's list of Privacy and Consumer Protections Groups of 2011.
January 05, 2012
Microsoft Corp.'s swift $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype Technologies SA over five months in October belied the complexity of the data privacy issues that Covington & Burling LLP helped longtime client Microsoft navigate on both sides of the Atlantic, landing the firm on Law360's list of Privacy and Consumer Protection Groups of 2011.
January 04, 2012
Few technology companies are more closely entwined with the personal information of their users than Facebook Inc., and Cooley LLP earned a spot on Law360's list of Privacy and Consumer Protection Groups of 2011 by helping the social networking giant fend off a string of class actions over its use of users' personal data.
January 03, 2012
Arnold & Porter LLP attorneys helped convince the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a Vermont law prohibiting pharmaceutical companies from marketing physician prescription data, one of several victories that earned the firm a spot among Law360's Privacy and Consumer Protection Groups of 2011.