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Rankings: Practice Groups of the Year
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January 15, 2020
Trials Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis
Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorneys successfully defended clients Alere and Flexus Biosciences against a pair of multimillion-dollar intellectual property claims in less than a month, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Trials Groups of the Year.
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January 14, 2020
IP Group Of The Year: Goodwin Procter
Goodwin Procter LLP landed a major win for Teva Pharmaceuticals in a U.S. Supreme Court decision that clarified the scope of the so-called on-sale bar under the America Invents Act, as well as helped Dr. Reddy's Laboratories defend its generic version of an opioid treatment, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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January 14, 2020
M&A Group Of The Year: Kirkland
Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. on its $74 billion acquisition of Celgene Corp. and helped investment manager GLP on the sale of its logistics assets to Blackstone for $18.7 billion, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year, the fifth year it has earned that distinction.
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January 14, 2020
Securities Group of the Year: Cahill Gordon
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP was a staunch defender of its client Credit Suisse in 2019, helping it beat a spate of bond- and rate-rigging class actions and leading it as the only bank out of 16 to fight a sprawling foreign exchange market manipulation lawsuit rather than settle, making the firm one of Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 14, 2020
Tax Group Of The Year: Eversheds Sutherland LLP
Eversheds Sutherland's tax team participated in key cases in 2019, from its victory for Comcast Corp. in a multimillion-dollar franchise tax case against Mississippi, to representing Microsoft Inc. in Wisconsin tax litigation involving licensing software receipts, earning it a spot among Law360's Tax Practice Groups Of The Year.
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January 14, 2020
Energy Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP assisted gas-fired power plant developers deploy an innovative pricing model and helped a wind developer navigate complicated regulatory requirements for a major development off the coast of the Bay State, leading the practice to be named one of Law360's 2019 Energy Groups of the Year.
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January 14, 2020
Employment Group Of The Year: Ogletree
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC achieved some rare feats for employers last year, including winning an age bias appeal before the en banc Seventh Circuit and a unanimous reversal by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, earning itself a spot among Law360's 2019 Employment Groups of the Year.
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January 14, 2020
Trials Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn's year of trial wins included fending off a multi-hundred-million-dollar claim against an investment adviser over its withdrawals from a fund and a closely watched $500 million antitrust trial defending a Korean ramen maker against price-fixing conspiracy claims, making it one of Law360's 2019 Trials Groups of the Year.
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January 13, 2020
Securities Group of the Year: Bernstein Litowitz
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP recovered more than $1 billion for shareholders in a variety of high-profile litigations over the past year, including a landmark $53 million derivative action settlement and a $92.5 million deal for investors in Starz, landing it a spot among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 13, 2020
M&A Group Of The Year: Cravath
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP helped steer some of 2019's biggest deals, including energy company Occidental's $57 billion Anadarko acquisition and the $30.5 billion reunion of CBS and Viacom, landing the firm a spot on Law360's 2019 Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year, a distinction earned eight of the last nine years.
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January 13, 2020
IP Group Of The Year: Finnegan
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP over the past year has defended the Vagisil brand name and the copyright of an iconic guitar used by the founder of Pantera, earning the firm a place among Law360's 2019 Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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January 13, 2020
Employment Group Of The Year: Outten & Golden
Plaintiff-side employment powerhouse Outten & Golden LLP helped broker a settlement in which Facebook agreed to revamp its digital advertising platform in the face of allegations that it allowed advertisers to illegally exclude certain users from seeing job, housing and credit ads, landing the firm a spot among Law360's 2019 Employment Groups of the Year.
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January 13, 2020
Trials Group Of The Year: Desmarais
By securing a victory for Cisco Systems in a rival's $400 million patent infringement suit, Desmarais LLP maintained its standing as a go-to firm for companies trying to win an intellectual property battle, earning it a spot among Law360's 2019 Trials Groups of the Year.
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January 13, 2020
Energy Group Of The Year: Baker Botts
Baker Botts LLP's energy practice found success in the boardroom and courtroom in the past year, guiding BP PLC's $5.6 billion exit from Alaska and helping Kinder Morgan Inc. beat a challenge to a $2 billion Texas gas pipeline project, earning its spot in Law360's 2019 Energy Groups of the Year.
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January 10, 2020
Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
Law360 congratulates the winners of its 2019 Practice Groups of the Year awards, which honor the law firms behind the litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry in the past year.
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January 11, 2020
The Firms That Dominated In 2019
Law360's top seven Firms of the Year cleaned up at the 2019 Practice Group of the Year awards, notching a combined 46 wins after spending the past year helping companies navigate blockbuster deals and secure key high court rulings.
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February 26, 2019
Construction Group Of The Year: Schiff Hardin
Schiff Hardin LLP's recent work on complex renovation projects at the Belmont Park horse racing track on Long Island and Chicago's historic Navy Pier while both locations remain at least partially open to the public helped earn the firm a spot among Law360's Construction Groups of the Year.
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February 26, 2019
Automotive Group Of The Year: King & Spalding
King & Spalding LLP's automotive initiative made waves for its high-profile clients over the past year, securing an exit for Toyota from a nationwide class action in the Takata airbag multidistrict litigation and leading Volkswagen's settlement negotiations in the largest ever Clean Air Act enforcement case, landing it firmly among Law360's 2018 Automotive Groups of the Year.
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February 26, 2019
Hospitality Group Of The Year: Proskauer
Proskauer Rose LLP guided longtime client AccorHotels through sizable deals, like its roughly $320 million investment in SBE Entertainment Group, and advised on an $850 million agreement to sell a New York City-area casino and raceway to MGM Resorts International, earning it a spot among Law360's Hospitality Groups of the Year.
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February 26, 2019
Telecommunications Group Of The Year: Wiley Rein
Wiley Rein LLP has led the telecom industry in several high-profile satellite transactions in the last year, including securing regulatory approval for the largest combination of Earth imaging and satellite units, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Telecommunications Groups of the Year.
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February 25, 2019
Construction Group Of The Year: King & Spalding
King & Spalding LLP spent the past year steering clients through multibillion-dollar energy projects across North America and helping a Georgia energy company win more than $28 million from pipeline defect-related arbitration and lawsuits, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Construction Groups of the Year.
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February 25, 2019
Automotive Group Of The Year: Hagens Berman
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP rescued a case brought by a proposed class of at least 700,000 drivers accusing General Motors and Bosch of selling trucks with emissions-cheating systems from dismissal, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2018 Automotive Groups of the Year.
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February 25, 2019
Telecommunications Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown
Mayer Brown LLP landed back-to-back wins for AT&T this past year, fending off two separate class actions against the telecom giant with arbitration agreements, while also steering a Dutch telecom through several multibillion-dollar transactions, earning it a spot among Law360's Telecommunications Groups of the Year.
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February 25, 2019
Hospitality Group Of The Year: Holland & Knight
Holland & Knight LLP's attorneys worked on several major deals for their hospitality clients in 2018, including helping Marriott with its takeover of the Trump International Hotel & Tower Panama, putting the firm among Law360's Hospitality Groups of the Year.
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February 22, 2019
Construction Group Of The Year: Duane Morris
Duane Morris LLP's ongoing representation of The Related Cos. during the massive Hudson Yards development in New York City headlines the firm's recent work on construction-related matters, earning it a spot among Law360's Construction Groups of the Year.