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International Trade Group Of The Year: Grunfeld Desiderio
Grunfeld Desiderio Lebowitz Silverman & Klestadt LLP notched a number of key victories for foreign exporters this year, including securing 0% dumping rates for a Turkish rebar company and defeating proposed duties of over 450% on Chinese exporters of tin products, earning the firm its second spot in as many years among the 2024 Law360 International Trade Groups of the Year.
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Energy Group Of The Year: Norton Rose
Norton Rose Fulbright has capitalized on momentum in the energy market to help guide multiple first-of-their-kind projects, including what deal participants have called the largest clean energy infrastructure project in U.S. history, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Energy Groups of the Year.
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Fintech Group Of The Year: Quinn Emanuel
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP played a role in multiple industry-defining cryptocurrency matters — counseling former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao to a historic resolution with government authorities and acting as both an investigator and litigator in the ongoing FTX bankruptcy process — to earn the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Fintech Groups of the Year.
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Appellate Group Of The Year: Clement & Murphy
Clement & Murphy PLLC attorneys convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decades-old precedent that impacted how courts interpret laws, and they secured a victory in a case over how social media companies regulate content on their platforms, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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Compliance Group Of The Year: Morrison Foerster
Following reports of sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation and other forms of workplace misconduct at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., a Morrison Foerster LLP partner was appointed to serve as the independent transformation monitor of the agency, earning the firm a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Compliance Groups of the Year.
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Holland & Knight Adds Ballard Spahr Litigator In Philly
A former U.S. attorney with expertise on anti-money laundering and complex tax matters recently moved his litigation practice to Holland & Knight after nine years with Ballard Spahr LLP.
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Baker Botts Lands DLA Piper Atty To Head Litigation In SF
Baker Botts LLP has brought on a former federal prosecutor, most recently with DLA Piper, to serve as chair of litigation for the firm's San Francisco office.
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Nelson Mullins Adds Litigation, Biz Pros In Houston
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has bolstered its corporate and litigation offerings with new partners in Houston who came aboard from Jackson Walker LLP and Paul Hastings LLP and who bring unique international experience.
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Foley & Lardner Grows Leadership With Chief Practice Officer
Foley & Lardner LLP has installed its first chief practice officer, following the addition in December of a new chief operating officer at the firm.
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Approach The Bench: Judge Frederic Block On Resentencing
New York federal Judge Frederic Block has been on a campaign lately, arguing that state court judges should enjoy the same discretion he does to reconsider the sentences of people condemned to spend decades in prison.
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Paul Hastings Adds RE Partners From King & Spalding In DC
Two King & Spalding LLP real estate attorneys who have worked together for at least a decade have moved their practices to Paul Hastings LLP's Washington, D.C., shop, telling Law360 Pulse on Monday that they wanted to join the team because of the firm's recent growth.
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Former Weil Atty, Ex-Supreme Court Clerks On DOGE Staff
Elon Musk has named a former Trump White House official as general counsel for his U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization, along with several other lawyers.
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Morgan Lewis Adds 5 Knobbe Martens IP Attys On West Coast
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP continues expanding its intellectual property team, announcing Monday it is bringing in a team of five Knobbe Martens IP litigators as partners in its West Coast offices.
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Simpson Thacher Brings On Registered Funds Partner In NY
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has hired a New York-based partner in its registered funds practice to focus on real estate and capital markets, the firm said Monday.
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Sports & Betting Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP had big wins for the NFL in three high-profile lawsuits and conducted an investigation in a widely publicized hazing scandal at Northwestern University in the past year, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Sports & Betting Groups of the Year.
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Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Fenwick
Fenwick & West LLP leveraged its broad experience with complex health tech and science to guide large biotech clients through major acquisitions and secured a significant Federal Circuit win for a life sciences client, earning the firm a nod as one of the 2024 Law360 Life Sciences Groups of the Year.
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Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells
Hogan Lovells succeeded in persuading the U.S. Government Accountability Office that an $896 million contract for transportation services supporting the Office of Refugee Resettlement's program for unaccompanied children wasn't properly awarded, landing it among the 2024 Law360 Government Contracts Groups of the Year.
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Private Equity Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP advised on private equity firm Silver Lake's $13 billion take-private sale of sports and entertainment conglomerate Endeavor Group Holdings Inc., the largest deal of its kind in the entertainment sector, landing it a spot among the 2024 Law360 Private Equity Groups of the Year.
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Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Keller Rohrback
Keller Rohrback won final approval of a $725 million settlement in a case accusing Facebook of harvesting millions of users' data, and a year later, sought preliminary approval of a $30 million settlement in security breach litigation against 23andMe, placing the firm among the 2024 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.
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Appellate Group Of The Year: Gupta Wessler
Gupta Wessler LLP had one of the most impactful years in its 12-year history in 2024, representing transportation workers, victims of sexual assault by Uber drivers and homebuyers, as well as taking home two unanimous wins in the U.S. Supreme Court against Bank of America and preparing to argue for another in 2025, landing the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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Baker Botts Partner Takes GC Role At NW Natural Gas
Oregon-based Northwest Natural Holding Co. has added a Baker Botts LLP environment and energy attorney as its deputy general counsel and as general counsel of Northwest Natural Gas Co.
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Fox Rothschild Brings On Saul Ewing Litigators In Florida
Fox Rothschild LLP has added two former Saul Ewing LLP partners to expand its litigation capabilities in Florida.
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Fragomen Opens Pittsburgh Shop With 6 Dentons Attys
A team of six attorneys recently moved its immigration-focused practices from Dentons Cohen & Grigsby to help Fragomen open a new office in Pittsburgh, the firm announced Monday.
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Goldstein Rearrested After Feds Say He Hid Millions In Crypto
U.S. Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein was arrested again Monday following his earlier release on criminal tax evasion charges, after prosecutors alleged that he secretly made millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency transactions in recent days and was a serious risk to flee.
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Sidley Adds White & Case Energy Ace In Houston
Sidley Austin LLP announced Monday that a former White & Case LLP attorney has joined the firm in Houston, expanding the firm's reach with leading energy companies and private equity funds.