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January 15, 2014
Ropes & Gray LLP had an outstanding 2013, scoring a positive jury verdict for Goldman Sachs Group Inc., winning a proxy fight for a group of Morgans Hotel Group investors and protecting Green Mountain Coffee Roasters from market backlash, earning itself a place among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 14, 2014
The securities practice group at Latham & Watkins LLP helped Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban defeat a major insider trading suit and convinced a judge to toss claims against Lehman Brothers auditor Ernst & Young LLP, earning it a spot among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year for 2013.
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January 13, 2014
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP in 2013 represented Credit Suisse Group AG in a host of lawsuits stemming from mortgage-backed securities and shepherded PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to a precedent-setting win in litigation over its role as American International Group Inc.’s accountant, earning the firm a place among Law360’s Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 10, 2014
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP had an outstanding year representing the world's top financial institutions in class action against the Royal Bank of Scotland PLC and scoring big victories for banks in Madoff-related lawsuits, earning it a place among Law360's Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 09, 2014
By securing nearly $4 billion in settlement funds in 2013, including a record $2.4 billion pact with Bank of America Corp., Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP reminded everyone why it’s the cream of the crop in the plaintiffs bar, earning a place among Law360’s Securities 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
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's securities team continued its success defending companies ensnared in Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme and convinced the Second Circuit to take up a UBS AG appeal with broad implications for banks accused of packaging and peddling toxic mortgage-backed securities, earning a place among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 11, 2013
A small but talented group, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP’s securities litigation team made waves in 2012 by negotiating a $20 million settlement in litigation over Bank of America Corp.’s acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. and helping Credit Suisse Group AG dodge a $3.8 billion fraud suit, earning a spot on Law360’s list of Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 10, 2013
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's securities team showed why it's a go-to group for banks fending off suits related to residential mortgage-backed securities, winning a hard-fought $26 million settlement for JPMorgan Chase & Co. and representing Credit Suisse Group AG in more than 36 shareholder actions, earning a spot on Law360's list of Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 07, 2013
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's securities group last year helped high-profile clients fend off several investor lawsuits, including three that targeted Hewlett-Packard Co., earning the firm a spot on Law360's list of Securities Groups of 2012.
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January 04, 2013
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's successful U.S. Supreme Court attack on the Ninth Circuit's holding that a two-year statute of limitations on insider trading claims was tolled until insiders disclosed trades put the wrap on potentially costly new claims against underwriters and, along with the firm's other work with A-list corporate clientele, won it a spot on Law360's list of Securities Groups of 2012.
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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 09, 2012
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's securities litigation practice group achieved a series of coups in the securities field in 2011, including persuading the Second Circuit to dismiss all claims in shareholder derivative litigation against American International Group Inc., a win that helped land the team a spot among Law360's Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 06, 2012
From scoring a lucrative settlement for a client after a disputed acquisition to defending a company from liability for the fraud of its employee, Ropes & Gray LLP made major waves in securities litigation last year, garnering the department a place in Law360's Securities Groups of 2011.
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January 05, 2012
Whether it was cases from the financial firms, companies defending merger-related lawsuits or the fallout from Bernard L. Madoff's Ponzi scheme, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's securities litigation group was at the center of most of the major cases of 2011, earning a spot on Law360's list of Securities Groups of 2011.
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January 04, 2012
Facing a deluge of suits that began after New York launched a market timing probe of the mutual fund business, Janus Capital Management LLC opted to fight, turning to Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, which fought off 67 suits over seven years including a signature win before the U.S. Supreme Court in June — victories that earned the firm's securities team a spot on Law360's list of Securities Groups of 2011.
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January 03, 2012
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's representation of global financial giants in litigation stemming from Bernard Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme — including the firm's $6.6 billion victory for client HSBC Holdings PLC — has helped it earn recognition as one of Law360's Securities Practice Groups of 2011.
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January 10, 2011
After the financial crisis hit, Citigroup Inc. faced a mountain of litigation so, as the bank usually does, it turned for help to Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, which won outright victories in some of those cases and negotiated favorable settlements in others, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Securities Groups of 2010.
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January 07, 2011
Ropes & Gray LLP protected its clients last year by landing a high court ruling that ensured the interests of the mutual fund industry and shielding the largest U.S. children's clothing marketer from a regulatory crackdown with a novel nonprosecution agreement, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Securities Groups of 2010.
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January 06, 2011
In a practice area where trials are rare, the willingness of King & Spalding LLP's securities group to take cases to a jury has netted the firm big wins in 2010 — including one for former Vivendi CEO Jean-Marie Messier — and earned it a place among Law360's Securities Groups of 2010.
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January 05, 2011
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP kicked off 2010 with a groundbreaking triumph in multidistrict litigation over the market timing of mutual funds, and the strength of the firm's securities litigation victories only grew from there, earning it a spot as one of Law360's Securities Groups of 2010.
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January 04, 2011
Helping Barnes & Noble Inc. secure a win in a bitter proxy fight, working at the forefront of transnational securities fraud litigation and winning a case with implications for third-party liability were among the successes last year that earned Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP a place among Law360's Securities Groups of 2010.
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January 03, 2011
In a year of big decisions and even bigger settlements in the securities arena, a handful of firms stood out for their ability to score results that not only protected their clients but also influenced the future of the law, earning them a spot among Law360's Securities Groups of 2010.