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January 11, 2019
Law360's top four Firms of the Year notched a combined 32 Practice Group of the Year awards after successfully securing wins in bet-the-company matters and closing high-profile, big-ticket deals for clients throughout 2018.
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February 01, 2018
Munger Tolles & Olson LLP’s entertainment team this year won a copyright case for Walt Disney and successfully defended the Motion Picture Association of America, among other victories, earning the group a spot among Law360’s Media and Entertainment Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 31, 2018
O'Melveny & Myers LLP in 2017 freed The Walt Disney Co. from a copyright feud in federal court over the film “Zootopia” and represented Lionsgate in its joint $1 billion sale of premium pay television network Epix to Metro Goldwyn Mayer, earning a spot among Law360’s Media & Entertainment Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 30, 2018
Jenner & Block LLP in the past year obtained a $13.15 million jury verdict for John Steinbeck’s stepdaughter in a case over rights to the late author’s works and secured reversal of a ruling that would have let certain websites stream Fox Television Station’s copyrighted programming, landing among Law360’s Media & Entertainment Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 29, 2018
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in 2017 successfully expanded protections for reporters against revealing sources and quashed a libel claim lobbed by billionaire Sheldon Adelson against a reporter who labeled him “foul-mouthed” in a story, earning a spot among Law360’s Media & Entertainment Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 26, 2018
In a year filled with criticism of the media, Ballard Spahr LLP’s lawyers helped The New York Times escape a high-profile defamation suit brought by Sarah Palin and assisted numerous other news organizations fighting for important government documents, earning their spot on Law360’s 2017 Media and Entertainment Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 12, 2018
Law360’s Firms of the Year rose above the competition with a combined 24 Practice Group of the Year awards after helping their clients win game-changing judgments and close record-breaking deals in 2017. Here’s a closer look at how they landed at the top.
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January 12, 2018
Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2017 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.
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January 26, 2017
A fierce player in the entertainment sector, O’Melveny & Myers LLP last year advised a major Chinese film company on a deal with a Steven Spielberg production outfit, represented Warner Bros. on Harry Potter theme park attractions and secured a significant win for SiriusXM over older recordings, earning the firm a spot among Law360’s 2016 Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 25, 2017
Latham & Watkins LLP's entertainment, sports and media group aided in Legendary Entertainment's $3.5 billion purchase by a Chinese conglomerate and won key rulings for Live Nation and Ticketmaster in a high-profile antitrust suit brought by Songkick, winning a spot among Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2017
Jenner & Block LLP notched a major victory in 2016 with the reinstatement of a $48 million jury verdict it secured for Capitol Records and other music companies and obtained the dismissal of a copyright infringement suit against Jay Z, placing among Law360’s Media & Entertainment Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 23, 2017
Irell & Manella LLP delivered important litigation victories for CBS, Hulu and other clients and helped to ink major deals like Wanda Group’s $3.5 billion acquisition of Legendary, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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January 20, 2017
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP defended Rolling Stone in highly publicized cases concerning the magazine’s discredited article about an alleged gang rape — getting one suit tossed and damages slashed in another — and beat back a libel claim by a woman who alleged a fictional character was based on her, earning its media team a spot among Law360’s Media & Entertainment Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 09, 2017
Law360's Firms of the Year rose above the competition in 2016 by earning a combined 20 Practice Group of the Year awards on the strength of work that helped their clients attain game-changing judgments and close record deals.
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January 09, 2017
Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2016 Practice Group of the Year awards, the law firms that racked up victories in litigation and closed the big deals to make their mark among clients and throughout the legal industry.
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January 28, 2016
From inking industry-changing deals such as DirecTV's $67 billion sale to AT&T to doggedly representing Pandora in a six-week copyright trial, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP worked the gamut of media law in 2015, earning it a spot among Law360’s list of Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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January 27, 2016
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP's entertainment practice has steered high-profile trademark and copyright cases, including defending director James Cameron against claims he lifted elements of his 2009 blockbuster "Avatar" from lesser-known works, and tackled precedent-setting litigation for major record companies, earning it a spot among Law360's Media and Entertainment Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 26, 2016
Decisive copyright victories in 2015, including cases directly representing the rapper Jay Z, helped Jenner & Block LLP once again earn a spot among Law360's Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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December 18, 2015
Three legal stalwarts landed at the top of the pack in 2015 to take the title of Law360's Firms of the Year, bolstered by their combined 27 Practice Group of the Year wins and their deft handling of high-stakes, high-profile work.
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December 18, 2015
Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Group of the Year awards, given to those firms that came through for clients by sealing the biggest deals and securing wins in high-stakes litigation.
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January 30, 2015
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP’s bustling media and entertainment group deftly handled complex financing and distribution deals on acclaimed films including “Selma,” while its litigation team scored major wins for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. in contract disputes, placing Sheppard Mullin among Law360’s Media and Entertainment Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 29, 2015
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has represented high-profile media clients, including the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in its royalties row with Pandora and Time Warner Cable Inc. in its pending $45.2 billion merger with Comcast Corp., making it a Law360 Media and Entertainment Group of the Year.
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January 28, 2015
O'Melveny & Myers LLP went to the mat to help media heavyweights like Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and Sirius XM Holdings Inc. battle for essential content rights in 2014, earning the firm a spot among Law360s 2014 Media and Entertainment Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 27, 2015
Jenner & Block LLP spearheaded some groundbreaking media cases in 2014, including TV companies’ monumental U.S. Supreme Court win against online streaming company Aereo Inc. and record label EMI’s eight-figure jury award against MP3Tunes LLC, landing it among Law360’s Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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January 23, 2015
Covington & Burling LLP was involved in the most-talked-about sports media rights deals last year, including the NFL's $12 billion Sunday Ticket pact with DirecTV, and helped seal Steve Ballmer’s $2 billion bid for the Los Angeles Clippers, making it a Law360 Media and Entertainment Group of the Year.