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January 30, 2013
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP secured major class action victories in 2012 on behalf of both plaintiffs, in antitrust litigation against the nation's largest railroad companies, and defendants, in a data disclosure suit against IBM Corp., making the firm's team one of Law360's Class Action Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 29, 2013
Labaton Sucharow LLP secured more than $2.3 billion in class action settlements for plaintiffs in high-stakes securities and antitrust matters in 2012, including a $725 million deal in litigation against American International Group Inc. and a $295 million pact with The Bear Stearns Cos. Inc., earning it a place among Law360's Class Action Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 28, 2013
Kirkland & Ellis LLP helped BP PLC ink an estimated $7.8 billion in class action settlements last year covering economic and property damages and medical claims in multidistrict litigation over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, work that helped place the firm among Law360's Class Action Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 25, 2013
King & Spalding LLP rescued several companies from costly class actions in 2012, protecting The Home Depot Inc. from a $400 million class action over its employee retirement plan and resolving a years-long battle over GlaxoSmithKline PLC's antidepressant Paxil — which earned it a spot as one of Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2013
Securing a groundbreaking early dismissal of an all-natural labeling suit against PepsiCo Inc. was among the recent notable achievements for Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP attorneys that landed the firm among Law360's Class Action Practice Groups of the Year for the third consecutive time.
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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 31, 2012
When Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. faced a Second Circuit appeal in a class action alleging inadequate disclosures related to the collapse of the $330 billion auction rate securities market, the investment bank turned to attorneys at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, who won affirmation of the dismissal over the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's objections — one of many high-profile representations that earned the firm a spot among Law360's Class Action Groups of 2011.
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January 30, 2012
In the past year, Sidley Austin LLP attorneys successfully defended AT&T Corp. in one of the largest class actions ever certified and persuaded plaintiffs questioning the integrity of Taco Bell Corp.'s seasoned beef products to drop their suit — just a few examples of why Sidley Austin's class action team is named one of Law360's Class Action Groups of 2011.
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January 27, 2012
Mayer Brown LLP persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to issue a game-changing decision in favor of AT&T Mobility LLC in a closely watched case over class action waivers in arbitration agreements and got a nationwide class decertified in a case against American Honda Motor Co. — just two of several cases that landed Mayer Brown a place among Law360's Class Action Groups of 2011.
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January 26, 2012
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's skilled trial attorneys beat back large, long-running class actions against clients Raytheon Co., The Dow Chemical Co. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., earning them a spot among Law360's Class Action Practice Groups of 2011.
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January 25, 2012
Being on the winning team in the Wal-Mart v. Dukes ruling would have been enough to secure Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's position among last year's elite law firms, but it was just one of many decisive victories that earned the firm a place among Law360's Class Action Groups of 2011.
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January 27, 2011
White & Case LLP attorneys won a major antitrust class action victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2010, holding that the Federal Arbitration Act does not permit courts to impose arbitration when a contract is silent on the issue, along with numerous state and district court victories, earning the firm a place among Law360's Class Action Groups of 2010.
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January 26, 2011
As investors pointed fingers in the wake of the credit crisis, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP convinced the courts that the actions of Societe Generale Group, Radian Group Inc. and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce weren't to blame, one of several reasons the firm is one of Law360's Class Action Groups of 2010.
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January 25, 2011
In 2010, Sidley Austin LLP earned a groundbreaking win for American Honda Motor Co. Inc. when it convinced a court to decertify a class action over allegedly defective motorcycles, one of several noteworthy successes that landed the firm among Law360's Class Action Groups of 2010.
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January 24, 2011
King & Spalding LLP's work on behalf of pharmaceutical, financial, retail and other companies, including a rare U.S. Supreme Court stay of a judgment ordering a group of tobacco giants to pay $270 million to fund a 10-year smoking cessation program, has earned the firm a place among Law360's Class Action Groups of 2010.
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January 21, 2011
With big wins that included convincing the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal of the certification of a class of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employees, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP earned a spot among Law360's Class Action Groups of 2010.
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January 20, 2011
In another year of hotly contested class actions, a handful of firms stood out for their ability to score results that not only protected their clients but also put them in stronger, more defensible positions for future litigation, earning those firms a spot among Law360's Class Action Groups of 2010.