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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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December 13, 2012
Employment MVP: O'Melveny's Bob Siegel
O’Melveny & Myers LLP partner Bob Siegel’s lengthy career representing major airlines in labor disputes had several high points this year, with victories for Delta Air Lines Inc., U.S. Airways Group Inc. and more, snagging him a spot on Law360’s list of Employment MVPs.
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December 13, 2012
Product Liability MVP: Jones Day's Stephanie Parker
Jones Day partner Stephanie Parker’s success in defending R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in the first of nearly 4,500 federal cases that sprang out of the Florida Supreme Court’s Engle decision has earned her a spot on Law360's list of Product Liability MVPs.
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December 13, 2012
White Collar MVP: Orrick's Michael Madigan
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP senior counsel Michael J. Madigan's leadership in conducting aggressive discovery of text messages helped unravel a landmark Foreign Corrupt Practices Act sting against 22 military and law enforcement equipment executives accused of bribing Gabonese officials, earning him a spot on Law360's list of 2012 White Collar MVPs.
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December 12, 2012
IP MVP: Orrick's Chris R. Ottenweller
Chris R. Ottenweller of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP successfully defended Apple Inc. at the U.S. International Trade Commission in one of the earliest smartphone patent cases to go to trial and secured a precedent-setting victory for EMC Corp. at the Federal Circuit that put an end to a favorite tactic of patent trolls, earning him a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.
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December 12, 2012
Securities MVP: Gibson Dunn's Eugene Scalia
With a swath of regulatory victories already in his column, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Eugene Scalia got a court this year to block the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission's so-called position limits rule, a historic win in a closely watched case that landed him a spot among Law360's 2012 Securities MVPs.
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December 12, 2012
White Collar MVP: Crowell & Moring's Janet Levine
Crowell & Moring LLP's Janet Levine successfully fended off the first Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prosecution of a corporation to go to a jury, a precedential victory that earned her a place among Law360's White Collar MVPs.
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December 12, 2012
Product Liability MVP: O'Melveny's Charles Lifland
O'Melveny & Myers LLP partner Charles Lifland scored recent appellate victories for Johnson & Johnson and Merck & Co. Inc. allowing the drug companies to avoid paying millions in punitive damages and dodge costly failure-to-warn claims, securing himself a spot among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.
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December 12, 2012
Competition MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Stephen Neuwirth
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's Stephen Neuwirth has been on the front line of high-stakes antitrust litigation, recently securing class certification in multidistrict litigation against several railroad companies accused of price-fixing, landing him on Law360's list of Competition MVPs.
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December 12, 2012
Insurance MVP: Simpson Thacher's Mary Kay Vyskocil
In 2012, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Mary Kay Vyskocil added a number of major victories to her already impressive resume, successfully fending off appellate challenges to judgments in high-stakes insurance and reinsurance disputes and earning a spot as one of Law's Insurance MVPs.
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December 12, 2012
Real Estate MVP: Fried Frank's Stephen Lefkowitz
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's Stephen Lefkowitz helped Cornell University beat out 16 other universities around the globe in landing an agreement with New York City to develop a $2 billion science and engineering campus on Roosevelt Island, helping to secure him a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.
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December 12, 2012
Health Care MVP: Morgan Lewis' Eric Sitarchuk
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner Eric Sitarchuk's crowning achievement for 2012 was a Pennsylvania hospital network's victory in a bitter qui tam battle, but Sitarchuk's year also included quiet negotiations that highlighted his skill in dealing with regulators, earning him a spot among Law360's Health Care MVPs.
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December 12, 2012
Employment MVP: Gibson Dunn's Jason Schwartz
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s Jason Schwartz successfully knocked Enterprise Holdings Inc. from multidistrict Fair Labor Standards Act litigation and even persuaded the Third Circuit to create a new test for determining joint employer relationships, earning him a spot among Law360’s Employment MVPs.
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December 11, 2012
Competition MVP: White & Case's Eric Grannon
For seven years, White & Case LLP's Eric Grannon has been in the vanguard of so-called pay-for-delay litigation with federal regulators, persuading the Eleventh Circuit in April to uphold settlements with generic-drug makers that protect Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s testosterone-replacement drug AndroGel, earning him a place on Law360's list of Competition MVPs.
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December 11, 2012
Product Liability MVP: Covington's Michael Imbroscio
Covington & Burling LLP partner Michael Imbroscio was the brains behind an unprecedented decision to rescind mass tort status for litigation over Hoffman-La Roche Inc.'s acne treatment Accutane as well as a key ruling backing Roche's warnings about the drug, earning him a place among Law360's Product Liability MVPs.
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December 11, 2012
Securities MVP: Davis Polk's Lawrence Portnoy
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's Lawrence Portnoy managed to secure the dismissal of a decadelong, multibillion-dollar securities fraud class action for a Credit Suisse Group AG unit right before trial, an epic win that earned him a spot among Law360's 2012 Securities MVPs.
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December 11, 2012
Employment MVP: Paul Hastings' Neal Mollen
For his role securing a major victory for SmithKline Beecham Corp. before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that cemented the status of pharmaceutical sales representatives as exempt from overtime requirements, Paul Hastings LLP's Neal Mollen earned himself a place among Law360's 2012 Employment MVPs.
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December 11, 2012
IP MVP: Katten's Floyd Mandell
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP's Floyd Mandell, already a highly respected trademark law practitioner, secured favorable outcomes over this past year for Microsoft Corp., Skype Inc., retail behemoth Arcadia Group Ltd. and others in a slew of high-profile disputes over their marks, earning him a spot among Law360's Intellectual Property MVPs.
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December 11, 2012
Insurance MVP: O'Melveny's Tancred Schiavoni
O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Tancred Schiavoni persuaded the Ninth Circuit to allow insurers to challenge bankruptcy plans made without their input that subject them to huge potential losses, one of several accomplishments that earned him a spot as one of Law360's Insurance MVPs.
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December 11, 2012
White Collar MVP: Dechert's Andrew Levander
Andrew Levander of Dechert LLP successfully defended former MF Global Inc. Chairman and CEO Jon S. Corzine against the threat of possible criminal fraud charges in the wake of the brokerage giant’s high-profile October 2011 bankruptcy, securing him a spot among Law360's White Collar MVPs.
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December 11, 2012
Health Care MVP: Akin Gump's Robert Salcido
Robert Salcido of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP represented a nationwide nursing home company in an $895 million False Claims Act case that went to trial — a rarity in itself — and won, earning him a spot among Law360's Health Care MVPs.
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December 11, 2012
Real Estate MVP: Jones Day's Steven Koppel
Throughout this year, Jones Day partner Steven Koppel has led a team of real estate attorneys in nailing down complex financing for several high-profile New York City development projects aimed at revitalization and growth, cementing his place among Law360's Real Estate MVPs.
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December 10, 2012
Insurance MVP: Latham & Watkins' Brook Roberts
Latham & Watkins LLP's Brook Roberts walloped an attempt by insurers to drastically restrict coverage for Fluor Corp.'s long-tail asbestos claims in a case of first impression that fellow California policyholder attorneys are already citing, landing him a spot among Law360's 2012 Insurance MVPs.
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December 10, 2012
Competition MVP: Dechert's Paul Denis
Paul Denis of Dechert LLP had a banner year in 2012, when he helped Medco Health Solutions Inc. secure clearance from antitrust regulators in its hotly contested $29 billion merger with Express Scripts Inc., the largest transaction of the year, making Denis one of Law360's Competition MVPs.
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December 10, 2012
IP MVP: Winston & Strawn's George Lombardi
Leading the effort to secure a $1 billion jury verdict for Monsanto Co. in a high-profile patent infringement suit against DuPont Co. over herbicide-resistant seed technology, Winston & Strawn LLP's George Lombardi had a banner year that landed him among Law360's Intellectual Property MVPs.
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December 10, 2012
White Collar MVP: Reed Smith's Eric Dubelier
Eric Dubelier of Reed Smith LLP offered pro bono representation to a former government employee and Vietnam veteran arrested in the FBI's now-infamous Foreign Corrupt Practices Act sting against companies in the military equipment industry, winning a hard-earned acquittal and a place among Law360's White Collar MVPs.