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  • Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn helped Meta Platforms Inc. stave off claims that Illinois' biometric privacy law broadly applies to nonusers' facial scans and assisted DoorDash Inc. in limiting its exposure in one of the first regulatory investigations under California's trailblazing data privacy law, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.

  • Environmental Group Of The Year: Keller Rohrback

    Keller Rohrback LLP attorneys secured a $160 million settlement for the city of Seattle in a lawsuit accusing Monsanto of forever-chemical contamination, and they won $126.4 million in damages against PacifiCorp for its role in igniting the 2020 Oregon wildfires, earning the firm a place among the 2024 Law360 Environmental Groups of the Year.

  • Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Paul Hastings

    Paul Hastings LLP spent 2024 representing renowned bankruptcy cases, including FTX, Core Scientific, WeWork and Diamond Sports Group's Chapter 11, helping various creditors recover billions of dollars and overcome challenging restructuring hurdles, earning the firm a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

  • Appellate Group Of The Year: Jones Day

    Jones Day spent 2024 stacking up wins in some of the highest-profile and controversial appellate cases of the year, representing everyone from election betting market Kalshi to gun manufacturers and a state legislature accused of racial gerrymandering, all reasons it was picked as one of the 2024 Law360 Appellate Groups of the Year.

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    For Attys, Problem Gambling Can Mean Betting The Firm

    SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein’s bombshell tax evasion indictment puts the renowned appellate lawyer on a long list of attorneys to find themselves in hot water as a result of a gambling habit. And for small firms or solo practitioners, experts say the consequences can be even more dire.

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    Veteran Energy Attorney Joins Baker Botts In Austin

    Baker Botts LLP announced Tuesday that an experienced energy attorney who's spent over 30 years working in various government and private practice roles has joined the firm's office in Austin, Texas, as a partner.

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    Cooley Taps NY Leader To Head Global Litigation Practice

    Cooley LLP has appointed the partner in charge of its New York office and a veteran of the firm since 2003 as the leader of its global litigation group, according to a Tuesday announcement.

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    Mintz Adds Dentons West Coast Corporate Head In San Diego

    Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC continues growing its corporate team, announcing Monday it is bringing in a Dentons emerging companies and venture capital specialist as a member of its San Diego office.

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    Ex-SDNY Criminal Division Chief Joins Debevoise

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired the former chief of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York's Criminal Division to bolster its white collar and regulatory defense group.

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    King & Spalding Adds Restructuring Partners In New York

    King & Spalding LLP said it has hired away two Alston & Bird partners for the firm's bankruptcy stable.

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    Wachtell Atty Jumps To Latham To Lead Liability Management

    Latham & Watkins LLP is bulking up its capital markets and finance practice in New York and beyond with the addition of a seasoned partner from Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz.

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    Womble Bond Leader On 'Great Time' To Be Atlanta Lawyer

    As Eric Glidewell steps into the role of managing partner of Womble Bond Dickinson's office in Atlanta — at a time when more law firms are arriving there — he said "this is a great time to be a lawyer" in the city.

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    Crowell & Moring Lands Former DOJ Assistant Chief For FCPA

    A former assistant chief in the U.S. Department of Justice's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act unit has joined Crowell & Moring LLP as a partner in the firm's white collar and regulatory enforcement group, according to an announcement made Tuesday.

  • Sports & Betting Group Of The Year: Keker

    Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP's sports team helped revive an imperiled college athletics conference, defended the PGA Tour against antitrust litigation and is the go-to counsel for MLB, placing the firm among the 2024 Law360 Sports & Betting Groups Of The Year.

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    McGuireWoods Nabs Chicago CRE Partner From Ice Miller

    McGuireWoods LLP announced Monday that the firm has added a commercial real estate lawyer from Ice Miller LLP, adding that the lateral partner hire has been tapped to lead the firm's real estate initiatives in Chicago and across the Midwest. 

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    SEC's Former Acting Enforcement Director Joins Weil In NY

    A former acting enforcement director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission who led some of the agency's biggest cases over the past two decades has joined Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP as a partner in the firm's New York office.

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    Jackson Walker Ethics Case Shelved Over Lack Of Authority

    A Houston federal judge on Monday recommended closing an ethics case against Jackson Walker LLP over its supposed knowledge of a firm attorney's relationship with a judge, finding the court lacked the authority to pursue sanctions against a law firm.

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    Legal Industry Rallies Around Students Hit By Hiring Freeze

    Law students whose job offers were revoked because of the federal government's hiring freeze are seeing an outpouring of support from people across the legal community.

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    The Top In-House Hires Of January

    Legal department moves in the past month included high-profile appointments at Hilton Hotels, the Baltimore Orioles baseball team and the restaurant chain White Castle. Meanwhile, several legal leaders left notable companies, including American Airlines, music streamer Spotify and radio broadcaster SiriusXM.

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    ABA House Of Delegates Votes For Stricter High Court Ethics

    The American Bar Association's policymaking body recommended Monday that the U.S. Supreme Court adopt a binding ethics code as strict as the code of conduct that other U.S. federal judges must follow.

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    Cozen Adds Ex-Carlton Fields Construction Pro In Boston

    Cozen O'Connor has added an ex-Carlton Fields PA partner as a Boston-based member of its construction law group, the firm announced Monday.

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    Sidley Adds Paul Hastings Energy, Finance Pro In Houston

    Sidley Austin LLP added a former Paul Hastings LLP partner specializing in energy industry transactions to its energy, transportation and finance team in Houston, the firm announced Monday.

  • White Collar Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP pulled off a legal high-wire act guiding FTX Trading Ltd. through a complex $16 billion bankruptcy proceeding while navigating a parallel criminal investigation into the crypto exchange's collapse, securing the firm's place among the 2024 Law360 White Collar Groups of the Year.

  • Technology Group Of The Year: Fenwick

    Fenwick & West LLP attorneys guided Smartsheet in its $8.4 billion acquisition by private equity giants Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners, and notched a number of significant patent litigation victories for Amazon, earning the law firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • Environmental Group Of The Year: Sidley Austin

    Sidley Austin LLP attorneys over the past year have helped protect a large offshore wind energy project from multiple lawsuits, helped Cummins Inc. resolve a major federal investigation and helped force Alexandria, Virginia, to stop discharging coal tar into the Potomac River, earning the firm a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Environmental Groups of the Year.

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