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Rankings: MVPs of the Year
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November 15, 2013
Media & Entertainment MVP: O'Melveny's Marvin Putnam
In one of the most highly publicized trials of the year, O'Melveny & Myers LLP partner Marvin Putnam convinced a jury that Anschutz Entertainment Group LLC was not liable for Michael Jackson’s death, earning him a spot on Law360’s list of Media and Entertainment MVPs.
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November 15, 2013
Banking MVP: Nossaman's Patrick Richard
Nossaman LLP partner Patrick Richard helped the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. win a bellwether $169 million verdict against former executives of IndyMac Bancorp Inc. for issuing shaky commercial loans — a leading driver of the U.S. financial crisis — earning him a spot on Law360's list of Banking MVPs.
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November 15, 2013
Securities MVP: Kasowitz's Marc Kasowitz
Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP managing partner Marc E. Kasowitz has made a career out of beating big banks, and this year was no different as he fended off banks' challenges to troubled bond insurer MBIA Inc.'s restructuring and locked down settlements for the Federal Housing Finance Agency to earn him a space among Law360's MVPs.
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November 14, 2013
Securities MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Robert Giuffra
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Robert Giuffra successfully defended Porsche Automobil Holding SE and UBS AG from multibillion-dollar securities suits in the past — and did so again in the past year, part of an impressive body of work that earned him a spot as one of Law360’s Securities MVPs.
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November 14, 2013
Banking MVP: Shearman & Sterling's Maura O'Sullivan
Shearman & Sterling LLP banking partner Maura O'Sullivan's ability to think outside the box and come up with creative solutions for AMR Corp.'s bankruptcy financing and Rhone Capital LLC's bakery buy earned her lead roles on several billion-dollar banking deals and a spot on Law360's list of Banking MVPs.
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November 14, 2013
Media & Entertainment MVP: Arnold & Porter's Robert Garrett
Notching key wins for major television broadcast networks, Arnold & Porter LLP partner Robert Garrett persuaded federal courts in Washington and Los Angeles over the last year to block FilmOn X LLC from streaming programming over the Internet without program owner consent, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Media and Entertainment MVPs.
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November 14, 2013
IP MVP: Orrick Herrington's Annette Hurst
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Annette L. Hurst recently added to her already impressive string of victories in major copyright matters by crafting the strategy that convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to find that first-sale doctrine extends to products made outside the U.S., earning her a spot on Law360's list of IP MVPs.
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November 14, 2013
Privacy MVP: Cooley's Michael Rhodes
Finding creative solutions to legal dilemmas faced by clients like Facebook Inc., Google Inc. and LinkedIn Corp. requires a special talent for navigating the uncharted waters of tech law, something Cooley LLP partner Michael Rhodes has in spades and that has earned him his third consecutive spot on Law360's list of Privacy MVPs.
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November 14, 2013
M&A MVP: Simpson Thacher's Bill Curbow
The trust of repeat clients and an affinity for complex deals earned Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's William Curbow a leadership role in the third-largest M&A deal in history and a spot on Law360's MVP awards.
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November 13, 2013
IP MVP: Fish & Richardson's Juanita Brooks
Fish & Richardson PC's Juanita Brooks secured rulings that wiped out a $23.5 million infringement judgment against Fresenius USA Inc. and protected two Allergan Inc. drugs from generic competition, earning her a spot on Law360's list of Intellectual Property MVPs.
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November 13, 2013
Securities MVP: Davis Polk's Charles Duggan
Longtime Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP partner Charles Duggan fended off several securities suits over client Morgan Stanley's $9 billion in subprime trading losses, and helped directors at Bank of America Corp. escape a merger-related derivative case without paying, an enviable track record that earned him a spot on Law360's list of Securities MVPs.
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November 13, 2013
Media & Entertainment MVP: Orrick Herrington's Peter Bicks
In the last year, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Peter A. Bicks has landed seven precedent-setting wins in cases involving one of the world's most popular video games, Americans' television viewing choices and patents for a "game-changing" weed control product, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Media and Entertainment MVPs.
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November 13, 2013
Privacy MVP: Ropes & Gray's Douglas Meal
Bold moves are paying off for Ropes & Gray LLP partner Douglas H. Meal, who helped extend a groundbreaking legal fight challenging Visa Inc.'s collection of fees and assessments following a data security breach, earning himself a spot among Law360's 2013 Privacy MVPs.
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November 13, 2013
Banking MVP: Weil Gotshal's Daniel Dokos
When one of the world's largest automakers needed to secure billions of dollars in financing, they turned to Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP banking and finance partner Daniel Dokos, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Banking MVPs.
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November 13, 2013
M&A MVP: Jones Day's Scott Cohen
Jones Day M&A partner R. Scott Cohen has cemented his place as a go-to attorney in the tech sector, thanks in part to a string of recent landmark deals — including a $29 billion megamerger, a record-setter in the semiconductor space — that also landed him among Law360's MVPs.
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November 12, 2013
Privacy MVP: BakerHostetler's Ted Kobus
BakerHostetler partner Ted Kobus has eased clients through the chaos caused by hundreds of data breaches, including helping supermarket chain Schnucks Markets Inc. not only to avoid regulatory wrath in 2013 as it responded to a massive data breach but to actually win the sympathy of a state attorney general.
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November 12, 2013
Media & Entertainment MVP: Jenner & Block's Andrew Bart
Jenner & Block LLP's Andrew Bart landed precedential rulings establishing ownership rights for digital media and scored key digital download royalty victories for Universal Music Group in a year of huge wins, earning him a spot as one of Law360's MVPs.
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November 12, 2013
Securities MVP: Bernstein Litowitz's Max Berger
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP founding partner Max Berger cemented his status as a dean of the securities bar in 2013 by securing the two largest class action settlements related to the financial crisis, including a record $2.4 billion pact with Bank of America Corp., earning him a spot on Law360’s list of securities MVPs.
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November 12, 2013
IP MVP: Ropes & Gray's J. Steven Baughman
Ropes & Gray LLP's J. Steven Baughman helped SAP AG invalidate a key Versata Software Inc. patent in the first-ever decision of an America Invents Act challenge in 2013, earning himself a spot on Law360's list of Intellectual Property MVPs.
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November 12, 2013
M&A MVP: Weil Gotshal's Michael Aiello
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Michael Aiello is no stranger to a deal-packed schedule, but his work on such a significant number of large, successful M&A transactions in the past year, including the $7.6 billion sale and continued representation of Health Management Associates, has earned him a spot on Law360's list of M&A MVPs.
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November 12, 2013
Banking MVP: Arnold & Porter's Robert Azarow
Arnold & Porter LLP banking partner Robert Azarow leveraged a personal history of creative bank deals to facilitate the sale of billions of dollars in assets and deposits held by a defunct Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. entity, earning him a spot on Law360’s 2013 roster of Banking MVPs.
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November 08, 2013
Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Top Guns From 58 Firms
Beginning this week, Law360 will profile the elite law firm partners whose exemplary work on critical litigation, mammoth deals and first-of-their-kind global matters earned them a spot on this year's list of MVP award winners.
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December 20, 2012
Environmental MVP: Sidley Austin's Roger Martella
Sidley Austin LLP partner Roger Martella has used his ability to see beyond the technical rulemaking process to help clients including Luminant Generation Co. and Portland Cement Association mount successful challenges to a pair of federal air emissions rules and a state carbon fuel standard, earning a place among Law360's Environmental MVPs.
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December 20, 2012
Project Finance MVP: Gibson Dunn's Tomer Pinkusiewicz
In 2012, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP project bonds ace Tomer Pinkusiewicz harnessed a number of important trends — green energy, stronger Latin American economies, the capital markets' growing appetite for construction risk — to push groundbreaking project financings across the finish line, earning him a spot among Law360's Project Finance MVPs.
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December 20, 2012
Media & Entertainment MVP: Gibson Dunn's Orin Snyder
With passion and a trial lawyer's mindset, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's Orin Snyder has recently led efforts to undermine the case of man who claimed he was entitled to half-ownership of Facebook Inc., work that, along with other successes, has earned Snyder a spot among Law360's Media and Entertainment MVPs.