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Rankings: Practice Groups of the Year
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January 18, 2017
Technology Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Whether steering Microsoft's $26.2 billion purchase of LinkedIn or successfully defending Alibaba against a shareholder suit over its $25 billion initial public offering, Simpson Thacher deftly guides industry mammoths through every aspect a tech transaction, landing it a spot among Law360's 2016 Technology Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 17, 2017
Environmental Group Of The Year: Hunton & Williams
Hunton & Williams LLP has proved itself as an environmental law powerhouse once again in 2016, representing power industry groups in legal battles over the Obama administration’s greenhouse gas regulations and taking strides to expand its acclaimed practice, earning its place among Law360’s Environmental Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 17, 2017
Consumer Protection Group Of The Year: Greene Broillet
In arguably one of the highest-profile cases of 2016, Greene Broillet & Wheeler LLP’s consumer protection team went to bat for famed sportscaster Erin Andrews after she was secretly filmed by a stalker at a Marriott hotel and landed her a $55 million verdict, earning its place among Law360's practice groups of the year.
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January 17, 2017
Food & Beverage Group Of The Year: Jenner & Block
Jenner & Block LLP’s food-and-beverage practice had a hand in two billion-dollar deals this year, US Foods’ May IPO and the marriage between Snyder’s-Lance and Diamond Foods, making it one of Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 17, 2017
Real Estate Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s real estate work last year included counseling clients through financings and other deals connected to transformative development projects on both sides of the country, helping earn a spot among Law360’s Real Estate Groups of the Year.
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January 17, 2017
Technology Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Spokeo v. Thomas Robins et al. that found consumers must show actual injury to maintain statutory class action claims has already had ripple effects for companies and landed the technology team at Mayer Brown LLP among Law360’s Technology Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 17, 2017
Automotive Group Of The Year: Hagens Berman
Being a key player in the record-breaking Volkswagen settlement was just one part of a successful 2016 for Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP’s automotive team, which scored major victories for consumers against big industry players like GM and Ford and cemented its spot as one of Law360’s Automotive Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 17, 2017
Product Liability Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling
From taking up Takata Corp.’s defense in a massive litigation over potentially explosive air bags to wiping out more than 1,000 suits over Mirena IUDs, attorneys in Covington & Burling LLP’s product liability practice group were busy in 2016 defending high-profile corporations, earning it a spot among Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 14, 2017
Environmental Group Of The Year: Beveridge & Diamond
Beveridge & Diamond PC earned a spot among Law360’s 2016 Environmental Practice Groups of the Year for an impressive array of work that includes successfully defending Siemens Industry against a $12.6 million suit over polychlorinated biphenyls contamination and securing a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that protects biosolids recycling.
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January 13, 2017
Product Liability Group Of The Year: Bowman & Brooke
The versatility of Bowman & Brooke LLP's product liability team was on full display in 2016 as it locked up high-profile defense wins on behalf of two auto industry giants along with a medical device maker and sporting equipment producer to boot, securing its place among Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 13, 2017
Real Estate Group Of The Year: Fried Frank
Though many of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP’s real estate deals involve football fields of square footage, it’s the fact the firm can juggle those while leading the redevelopment of Manhattan’s Hudson Yards that earned its real estate practice a place among Law360’s 2016 Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 13, 2017
Technology Group Of The Year: Fenwick & West
From shepherding multibillion-dollar mergers to litigating precedent-setting cases for high-profile companies, a sharp focus on all things tech has helped earn Fenwick & West LLP Practice Group of the Year honors in the sector four years running.
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January 09, 2017
The Firms That Dominated In 2016
Law360's Firms of the Year rose above the competition in 2016 by earning a combined 20 Practice Group of the Year awards on the strength of work that helped their clients attain game-changing judgments and close record deals.
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January 09, 2017
Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2016 Practice Group of the Year awards, the law firms that racked up victories in litigation and closed the big deals to make their mark among clients and throughout the legal industry.
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February 08, 2016
IP Group Of The Year: WilmerHale
Securing several huge wins on behalf of Apple in patent litigation and a complete victory for GoDaddy.com against a $29 million claim in a cybersquatting suit from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has earned WilmerHale a spot among Law360’s 2015 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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February 05, 2016
IP Group Of The Year: Sheppard Mullin
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP last year was on the winning side of the first substantive trademark case before the U.S. Supreme Court in more than a decade, successfully representing Hana Bank in a dispute involving the use of its name, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2015 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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February 04, 2016
White Collar Group Of The Year: Steptoe & Johnson
Steptoe & Johnson LLP's lawyers knew all along that former BP Gulf of Mexico exploration chief David Rainey was innocent. Targeted over the truth of public statements after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Rainey still had to convince a jury — and the way his lawyers at Steptoe went about it landed them among Law360's White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 04, 2016
Real Estate Group Of The Year: Skadden
Thanks to its work handling well north of $100 billion in recent global real estate transactions, including numerous blockbuster hospitality deals and a large swath of real estate investment trust matters, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has secured a spot among Law360’s Real Estate Groups of the Year.
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February 04, 2016
IP Group Of The Year: Orrick
From protecting game-changing television technology to swatting down mobile device management infringement claims, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP continued to establish itself as a leader in the intellectual property sector last year, making it one of Law360’s Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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February 03, 2016
Real Estate Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's real estate attorneys have advised clients on a number of blockbuster transactional deals in the past year, including The Blackstone Group LP's purchase of $23 billion worth of assets from GE Capital, landing the firm among Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year.
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February 03, 2016
IP Group of the Year: Morrison & Foerster
Attorneys from Morrison & Foerster LLP won major litigation victories this year for Apple and Sandoz, as well as big patent review wins for Oracle and Whirlpool, easily earning the elite IP practice a spot among Law360’s Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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February 03, 2016
White Collar Group Of The Year: Sheppard Mullin
When a tiny thrift bank in New York’s Chinatown vowed to fight fraud charges brought by Manhattan’s powerful district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., it was Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP that helped steer it to vindication following a four-month trial, an achievement that established the firm as having one of Law360’s White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 02, 2016
White Collar Group Of The Year: Shearman & Sterling
Shearman & Sterling LLP’s white collar attorneys last year scored a complete victory on behalf of a former hedge fund manager in the landmark Newman insider trading case and secured a favorable settlement for a Bank of New York Mellon Corp. executive accused of currency trading violations, earning the firm a spot among Law360’s 2015 White Collar Groups of the Year.
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February 02, 2016
IP Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins LLP’s intellectual property group secured an important en banc Federal Circuit ruling that the U.S. International Trade Commission can hear induced infringement cases and got an Ultramercial LLC patent invalidated as abstract following a closely-watched fight, landing the group among Law360's list of IP Groups of the Year.
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February 02, 2016
Real Estate Group of the Year: Paul Weiss
The real estate team at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP poured the legal foundations last year for a series of projects set to remake the New York City skyline, including a 630-foot observation wheel in Staten Island and the tallest residential property in the Americas, securing the firm’s place among Law360's Real Estate Groups of the Year.