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January 13, 2016
White & Case LLP scored a first-of-its-kind win for Warner Chilcott PLC in litigation over acne medication Doryx and helped guide big-ticket mergers like Zimmer Holdings Inc.’s $14 billion purchase of a fellow medical device maker, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Competition Groups of the Year.
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January 12, 2016
Latham & Watkins LLP’s trial win for Cox Communications in an antitrust tying case, along with its representation of Apple in a putative class action and Allergan in its acquisition by Actavis for $73 billion, has earned the firm a spot among Law360’s Competition Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 11, 2016
From steering DirecTV’s $67 billion acquisition by AT&T Inc. to completion in the face of antitrust scrutiny to shepherding Reynolds American Inc.’s $27.4 billion tie-up with Lorillard Inc. through its own rough regulatory waters, Jones Day’s competition team has earned a place on Law360's list of Competition Groups of the Year.
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January 08, 2016
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP continued to establish itself as a leader in the competition sector by helping guide clients like Time Warner Cable to decisive court victories in large, complex suits and companies like Norbord and Ainsworth to successful mergers, making it one of Law360's Competition Groups of the Year.
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January 07, 2016
Attorneys from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP scored major litigation victories for T-Mobile and Bank of America and handled big-ticket merger issues like Syngenta's defense of a $46 billion hostile takeover bid from Monsanto, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Competition Groups of the Year.
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January 06, 2016
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's competition group advised GlaxoSmithKline PLC in securing global antitrust clearance of its multibillion-dollar, three-part transaction with Novartis AG and represented Family Dollar Stores Inc. when it was acquired by Dollar Tree Inc. for $9.3 billion, earning the group a spot on Law360's Competition Groups of the Year.
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January 05, 2016
Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP's team of antitrust attorneys helped Apple defeat a $1 billion monopolization suit and wrangled more than $275 million in settlements from several foam makers on the eve of a price-fixing trial, earning the group a spot on Law360’s Competition Groups of the Year.
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January 04, 2016
It’s been a busy year for the antitrust group at Arnold & Porter LLP, from advising General Electric in its roughly $13 billion deal with Alstom SA to representing AT&T on its $49 billion merger with DirecTV, landing the team on Law360’s list of Competition Groups of the Year.
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December 18, 2015
Five firms have consistently shown their strength in clinching merger clearances in complex megadeals and winning game-changing antitrust litigation, each racking up multiple competition practice group of the year wins in the past five years.
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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 22, 2015
From winning the dismissal of three separate pay-for-delay class actions to securing antitrust clearance for mega cross-border mergers such as Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV's $1.6 billion acquisition of Canada Bread Co. Ltd., White & Case LLP's work landed the firm on Law360's list of Competition Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 21, 2015
Not only did Robins Kaplan LLP secure a green light for a landmark $7.25 billion deal in a credit card swipe fee price-fixing case, it also recently helped win approval for $590 million in settlements in a collusion case against private equity firms, landing the firm on Law360's list of Competition Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 20, 2015
O'Melveny & Myers LLP's work helping Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. defeat a class certification bid by purchasers of optical disk drives who accused the electronics giant of participating in a price-fixing scheme earned the firm a spot among Law360's Competition Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 16, 2015
Latham & Watkins LLP’s antitrust and competition group had a banner year, from representing WhatsApp in its $21.8 billion sale to Facebook Inc. to helping the London Metal Exchange beat price-fixing claims and successfully defeating class certification in the Toshiba Corp. optical disk drive litigation, earning the firm a spot on Law360’s list of Competition Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 15, 2015
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's antitrust team helped hospital company Community Health Systems Inc. navigate its $7.6 billion acquisition of Health Management Associates Inc. and fended off high-stakes litigation against Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and others, landing itself among Law360's Competition Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 14, 2015
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP handled antitrust work from high-profile consumer class actions against T-Mobile USA and Comcast Corp. to multibillion deals such as Comcast's merger with Time Warner Cable and Tyson Foods Inc.'s buyout of Hillshire Brands Co., earning a spot among Law360's Competition Groups of the Year.
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January 13, 2015
Covington & Burling LLP's competition group had a busy 2014 securing the dismissal of separate antitrust suits against clients Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Expedia Inc, earning the firm a spot on Law360's list of Competition Groups of the Year.
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January 12, 2015
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC’s antitrust group had a notable year, winning plaintiffs more than a billion dollars in major lawsuits challenging Apple Inc. and book publishers over price-fixing allegations in the e-book industry and Dow Chemical Co.’s alleged price-fixing activity in the polyurethane industry, earning the firm a spot on Law360's Competition Practice Groups of the Year list.
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January 09, 2015
Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP has had a standout year in the antitrust arena, defending American Express Corp. and Apple Inc. in two high-stakes trials and prevailing over the National Collegiate Athletic Association in a closely watched case over its amateurism rules, earning the firm a spot on Law360’s list of Competition Practice Groups of the Year.
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December 19, 2014
Showcasing strength in numbers and the agility needed to serve up top-notch client service on a number of fronts, two law firms secured a combined 18 Law360 Practice Group of the Year awards in 2014 to earn the distinction of Law360's Firms of the Year.
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December 19, 2014
Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year, awarded to firms that came through for their clients in 2014, sealing the big deals and winning the high-stakes suits.
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January 30, 2014
White & Case LLP’s competition group helped Toshiba Corp. avoid Best Buy Co.’s $2.3 billion price-fixing damages claims at trial and won clearance for Warner Chilcott PLC’s $8.5 billion acquisition of Actavis Inc., just a few of the accomplishments that landed the firm among Law360's Competition Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 29, 2014
Playing a lead role in many of last year’s headline-making antitrust cases, from deals such as Anheuser-Busch InBev SA's acquisition of Grupo Modelo to litigation leading to the U.S. Supreme Court's Actavis decision, has landed Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP a place among Law360's Competition Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 28, 2014
O'Melveny & Myers LLP negotiated a settlement with the federal government on the eve of trial that allowed US Airways Group Inc. to complete its $17 billion merger with American Airlines Inc., landing the firm a spot among Law360's Competition Practice Groups of the Year.