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December 18, 2015
Three law firms have consistently shown they can win big in significant product liability cases, each racking up multiple product liability 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 23, 2015
Mayer Brown LLP was behind some of the year's biggest pharmaceutical decisions, including the Sixth Circuit's rejection of multidistrict litigation over generic versions of the painkillers Darvocet and Darvon and an Iowa Supreme Court ruling shielding branded-drug makers from injuries caused by generics, landing the firm among Law360's Product Liability Groups of the Year.
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January 22, 2015
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP spent 2014 racking up settlements and trial verdicts for plaintiffs in some of the year’s most highly publicized personal injury suits, including litigation over unintended acceleration in Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles and the risk of bladder cancer associated with diabetes drug Actos, earning the firm a spot among Law360’s Product Liability Groups of the Year.
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January 21, 2015
From its success in defending against attempts to skirt Supreme Court decisions that created extra protections for generic- and branded-drug manufacturers to representing General Motors Co. in lawsuits arising from its recall of ignition switches, Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s product liability practice has earned a place among Law360's 2014 Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 20, 2015
Attorneys at King & Spalding secured major wins for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Merck & Co. Inc. in 2014, earning a spot on Law360's Product Liability Groups of the Year for the second year in a row.
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January 16, 2015
Jones Day’s product liability group has continued to dominate the field over the past year, securing wins not only in a diverse set of cases involving products such as baby formula and baby seats but also in many of the Engle progeny cases, landing a spot on Law360's Product Liability 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 15, 2014
Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s product liability practice group, with a series of huge wins over the past year including a Supreme Court decision siding with a generic drug manufacturer on a preemption issue and the successful defenses of wide-ranging litigation over two major drugs for different companies, has earned a place at the top of class as one of Law360’s Product Liability Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 14, 2014
Taking advantage of trial opportunities in Engle progeny tobacco cases and the Fosamax multidistrict litigation, King & Spalding LLP attorneys delivered major victories for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Merck & Co. Inc. in 2013, earning a spot on Law360's Product Liability Groups of the Year.
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January 13, 2014
Expanding from its stronghold in the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors, Kaye Scholer LLP delivered a trial victory to Philip Morris USA Inc. on a $543 million California class action claim, while also clinching court approval of an innovative $1 billion Chinese drywall settlement, earning itself a place among Law360's Product Liability Groups of the Year.
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January 10, 2014
Jones Day earned a third consecutive berth in Law360's Product Liability Groups of the Year by pulling out victories for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in arbitration with states over a historic multi-billion dollar settlement and in personal injury and consumer fraud litigation stretching coast to coast.
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January 09, 2014
Bowman and Brooke LLP scored huge victories in bellwether trials in both the unintended acceleration litigation against Toyota Motor Corp. and coordinated pain pump injury litigation against Breg Inc., making the firm one of Law360's Product Liability 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 15, 2013
For its lead role in defending Philip Morris USA in mass tobacco litigation to securing important trial victories for Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc. in Accutane lawsuits and 7-Eleven Inc. in hot fuel multidistrict litigation, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP has earned a place on Law360’s list of Product Liability Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 14, 2013
Attorneys from O'Melveny & Myers LLP convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to expand federal preemption in asbestos exposure cases and secured major appellate victories for pharmaceutical giants Johnson & Johnson and Merck & Co., earning the firm a spot among Law360's Product Liability Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 11, 2013
Jones Day's product liability team emerged victorious from a trip into uncharted territory when it notched a win for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in the first Engle progeny case to go to trial in federal court, bringing a sigh of relief to Big Tobacco companies and securing a spot on Law360's Product Liability Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 10, 2013
DLA Piper's product liability pros knocked out a string of major league wins for a diverse roster of clients in 2012, from defending design defect claims against Harley-Davidson Motor Co. to representing Pfizer Inc. in more than 2,500 claims over smoking cessation aid Chantix, earning the firm a spot on Law360's list of Product Liability Groups of the Year.
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January 09, 2013
In the span of a month, Bowman and Brooke LLP delivered two verdicts for Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. in two states over completely different alleged defects, showcasing the impressive depth that makes it one of Law360's Product Liability Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 01, 2013
Law360 is pleased to announce the winners of this year's Practice Groups of the Year award.
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January 17, 2012
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has helped shield big drug companies like Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co. Inc. from multidistrict litigation over blockbuster drugs like Neurontin, Fosamax and Vioxx, racking up a string of victories that earned the firm a place among Law360's Product Liability Groups of 2011.
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January 13, 2012
King & Spalding LLP's defense verdicts in a bellwether case in the New York multidistrict litigation over Merck & Co. osteoporosis drug Fosamax and in a Florida Engle progeny suit against Big Tobacco clients were among some of the against-all-odds victories that vaulted the firm into a spot among Law360's Product Liability Groups of 2011.
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January 12, 2012
Jones Day earned a spot on Law360's list of Product Liability Groups of 2011 by going big: It successfully defended big companies like Yamaha Motor Corp., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and The Sherwin-Williams Co. in product liability cases that were part of big, multidistrict litigation.