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January 07, 2016
Latham & Watkins LLP's dramatic, fit-for-television victory that caused the California Supreme Court to overturn its own recent precedent based on an arcane provision in the state's insurance code, plus successes in other high-profile and complicated cases, have landed the firm among Law360's Insurance Groups of the Year.
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January 06, 2016
Attorneys at K&L Gates LLP's exclusively policyholder-focused practice won a precedential ruling in Pennsylvania Supreme Court that made it easier for policyholders to settle cases over the objections of inflexible insurers, cementing the group's place among Law360's Insurance Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 05, 2016
Covington & Burling LLP's insurance practice is one of the largest dedicated to corporate policyholders and the firm threw its weight around in 2015, winning a precedential ruling on Superstorm Sandy's infamous surge and numerous other results that earned the firm a spot among Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 04, 2016
Barnes & Thornburg LLP's insurance recovery and counseling team secured a $204 million verdict for Simon Property Group LP in litigation over flood damage to Nashville's Opry Mills mall, while also notching a win for Anthem Inc. in a reinsurance dispute at the Indiana Supreme Court, landing it among Law360's Insurance Practice Groups of the Year.
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December 18, 2015
Three firms have consistently shown they can win big in significant insurance cases, each racking up multiple spots among the insurance practice groups of the year since 2011.
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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
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP’s insurance group notched major wins last year, from clearing a Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. unit of a $35 million lawsuit over hurricane damage to securing $50 million in contested coverage for the company that built the Deepwater Horizon’s failed blowout preventer, landing it among Law360’s Insurance Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 29, 2015
Wiley Rein scored a major victory for insurers in the Washington Mutual Inc. liquidating trust’s suit seeking millions to cover executives' defense costs when the Delaware Supreme Court reversed a ruling that the trust could pursue $200 million in coverage, landing the firm among Law360's Insurance Practice Groups Of The Year.
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January 28, 2015
Insurance attorneys at Steptoe & Johnson LLP secured a string of rulings last year that helped clarify case law on important issues including bad faith claims, pollution exclusions and contingent business interruption, landing the firm its second consecutive spot among Law360's Insurance Groups of the Year.
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January 27, 2015
Whether securing Imo Industries Inc. coverage for tens of thousands of asbestos claims or guiding Pennsylvania State University through the insurance fallout from a sex abuse scandal, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP was a thorn in the insurance industry's side in 2014, cementing its place among Law360's Insurance Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 26, 2015
Dickstein Shapiro LLP's insurance practice won key rulings last year for an NRG Energy Inc. unit in litigation over coverage for a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency suit and secured a $1.6 million jury verdict in a Superstorm Sandy dispute, making it a Law360 Insurance Group 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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February 05, 2014
Covington & Burling LLP cemented its reputation in 2013, scoring a marquee win for MF Global Inc.'s bankruptcy estate in its bid for coverage on $141 million in trading losses and representing BP PLC and the National Football League in headline-grabbing insurance disputes, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Insurance Groups of the Year.
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February 04, 2014
Steptoe & Johnson LLP in 2013 extricated two Travelers Cos. Inc. insurers from coverage demands surrounding pollution at manufactured gas plant sites and helped set new standards that could assist other carriers in litigation over decades-old environmental liabilities, vaulting the firm on to the list of Law360's Insurance Practice Groups Of The Year.
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February 03, 2014
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's insurance team convinced a Pennsylvania appeals court to vacate a $95 million judgment against American Nuclear Insurers in a coverage dispute over radiation injury claims, one of several accomplishments that makes it a Law360 Insurance Practice Group of the Year.
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January 31, 2014
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP insurance attorneys’ impressive list of accomplishments for the past year include trailblazing a new follow-the-fortunes doctrine in New York and resolving a multitude of illegal kickback class actions against U.S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co., making it one of Law360's Insurance Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 30, 2014
Perkins Coie LLP insurance attorneys have enjoyed resounding success in recovering insurance proceeds to cover some of the Tennessee Valley Authority's $1 billion in losses during one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history, making it one of Law360's Insurance Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 29, 2014
As part of the tiny circle of BigLaw firms standing exclusively with policyholders, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP's insurance recovery team won precedent-setting victories for clients facing government investigations and privacy claims and won a landmark jury trial over hundreds of millions in asbestos coverage, landing the firm among Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 28, 2014
Hogan Lovells carved out groundbreaking victories for Federal Insurance Co. in a dispute over a multiple-year policy endorsement and for Argonaut Insurance Co. in a reinsurance tussle over the late-notice defense, earning its team a spot among Law360's Insurance Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2014
From helping to win coverage for thousands of asbestos-related claims to ensuring a city was fully covered for a settlement with a man wrongly convicted of murder, Anderson Kill PC's wide variety of work on behalf of policyholders has earned it a spot on Law360's Insurance Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 01, 2014
Law360 is pleased to announce the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards, given to firms that excelled at getting the job done for clients in litigation and deals in 2013.
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January 30, 2013
Over the past year, Wiley Rein LLP’s insurance experts have scored significant wins in a diverse range of coverage matters, including multimillion-dollar securities litigation involving Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and a notorious juvenile detention center bribery scandal, earning the firm its second consecutive appearance on Law360's list of Insurance Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 29, 2013
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's insurance practice defeated on appeal two long-running asbestos cases worth $1 billion against longtime client Travelers Indemnity Co. and its affiliates, solidifying its position among Law360's Insurance Practice Groups of the Year.