Rankings: Practice Groups of the Year

Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year highlights up to five practice groups that notched the biggest litigation victories or deals of the year. Winners are recognized for the size, complexity and significance of the deals or litigation they worked on.
  • January 07, 2011

    IP Group Of The Year: Orrick

    From its successful challenge to a court order requiring MGA Entertainment Inc. to abandon its line of Bratz dolls to helping Microsoft Corp. shut down a network of e-mail spammers based in China, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's victories in the past year have earned it a spot among Law360's IP Groups of 2010.

  • January 06, 2011

    IP Group Of The Year: Howrey

    Despite being called upon late in the game to represent DuPont Air Products NanoMaterials LLC in its complex and long-running patent infringement suit against Cabot Microelectronics Corp., Howrey LLP secured a sweeping victory in its client's favor last year, helping to earn it a spot among Law360's IP Groups of 2010.

  • January 05, 2011

    IP Group Of The Year: Finnegan

    Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP's work representing patent applicant Bernard Bilski and software company i4i LP in two of last year's most talked-about intellectual property battles, among other achievements, has earned the firm a place among Law360's IP Groups of 2010.

  • January 04, 2011

    IP Group Of The Year: Bingham McCutchen

    During the past year, the intellectual property practice group at Bingham McCutchen LLP played a vital role in scoring the largest known copyright infringement award in history for its client Oracle Corp., just one of the accomplishments that has landed the firm a spot among Law360's IP Groups of 2010.

  • January 03, 2011

    Law360's IP Groups Of The Year

    In a year packed with major intellectual property rulings, five law firms distinguished themselves from the pack not only for their wins in bet-the-company disputes but also for their work on cases that led to much-needed clarity in murky areas of the law, earning them a spot among Law360's IP Groups of 2010.