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Rankings: Practice Groups of the Year
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January 28, 2019
Insurance Group of the Year: Covington & Burling
Covington & Burling LLP worked on behalf of several big-name clients in closely watched insurance actions in the past year, earning the firm a spot on Law360's list of 2018 Insurance Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 28, 2019
Consumer Protection Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown
Mayer Brown LLP guided Zillow Group Inc. through a three-year Consumer Financial Protection Bureau investigation that ended favorably for the company, and secured significant wins for Nestle Purina and others in labeling and false advertising class actions, earning the firm a place among Law360's Consumer Protection Groups of the Year.
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January 28, 2019
Environmental Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's attorneys scored several high-profile victories in environmental litigation in 2018, including defeating a suit in Florida claiming International Paper Co. was responsible for flooding that damaged scores of homes, securing the firm a place among Law360's Environmental Groups of the Year.
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January 28, 2019
Competition Group Of The Year: White & Case
White & Case LLP scored crucial antitrust wins last year, including paring down potentially massive cases into far more manageable and cheaper threats, beating back class certification bids and winnowing down a criminal case to a relatively small settlement, making it one of Law360's Competition Groups of the Year.
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January 28, 2019
Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Sheppard Mullin
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP's standout cybersecurity and privacy team notched big wins this past year as the firm helped Sonic Drive-In navigate multidistrict litigation over a data breach and negotiated a $4.3 million settlement for the fast food chain, landing it among Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 28, 2019
Employment Group Of The Year: Orrick
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP continued to establish itself as a leader in the employment sector last year by helping clients like Microsoft and Twitter escape class certification bids in bias suits against them, making it one of Law360's Employment Groups of the Year.
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January 28, 2019
Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Debevoise & Plimpton
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP steered several high-value initial public offerings, like Axa Equitable Holdings' approximately $4 billion offering, last year, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Capital Markets Groups of the Year.
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January 25, 2019
International Arbitration Group Of The Year: Sidley Austin
Sidley Austin LLP's global platform enables it to gain the trust of far-flung clients in complex disputes, including representing Qatar-based beIN Corp. in the first investment arbitration to be brought in connection with alleged state-supported broadcast piracy, making the firm one of Law360's International Arbitration Practice Groups of the Year for the second time in a row.
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January 25, 2019
Environmental Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC doubled down on claims government officials should be held individually responsible for the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, earning it a spot among Law360's 2018 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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January 25, 2019
Insurance Group Of The Year: Blank Rome
Blank Rome LLP's insurance recovery practice has steered a high-profile coverage dispute for one of California's largest health care providers, secured a quick win on several claims for ship interior company Hopeman Brothers Inc., and achieved a $30 million settlement for the bankrupt Catholic Diocese of Duluth, earning it a place among Law360's 2018 Insurance Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 25, 2019
Class Action Group Of The Year: Lieff Cabraser
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP scored big for consumers battling moneyed corporations this year, including securing a $250 million settlement with State Farm in a case alleging it paid to influence an Illinois Supreme Court justice, landing the firm among Law360's Class Action Group of the Year.
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January 25, 2019
Food & Beverage Group Of The Year: Jenner & Block
Ingredient-related consumer class actions were on the rise last year for Jenner & Block LLP's food and beverage practice, which fended off claims against Hain Celestial Group Inc., Mondelez International Inc., and Kraft Foods Group Inc., landing the firm among Law360's Food & Beverage Groups of the Year.
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January 25, 2019
Banking Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's financial institutions practice advised Fifth Third Bancorp on its $4.7 billion buy of MB Financial, settled investor litigation stemming from TD Bank's purchase of Scottrade and helped TD and others defeat class certification in a $4.5 billion Ponzi scheme investor suit, taking its place as one of Law360's Banking Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 25, 2019
Consumer Protection Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC's consumer protection team may be one of the firm's smaller groups, but its attorneys are known for notching big wins for plaintiffs like a record-breaking $115 million settlement in Anthem data breach litigation, earning it a spot among Law360's Consumer Protection Groups of the Year.
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January 25, 2019
Employment Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's employment practice prides itself on working at the vanguard of workplace law and certainly did so last year, winning major gig economy rulings and conducting #MeToo-related probes for prominent companies to earn a spot among Law360's 2018 Employment Groups of the Year.
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January 25, 2019
Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray
Ropes & Gray's attorneys helped secure a game-changing check on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's data security authority when the Eleventh Circuit said an order directing cancer-screening lab LabMD to overhaul its security program was unenforceable, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.
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January 25, 2019
Competition Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
The competition team at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP helped guide Bayer and Praxair through the global clearance process last year for transformative deals that required complicated fixes, while also earning wins on high-stakes conduct cases for other clients, landing the team a spot among Law360's Competition Groups of the Year.
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January 25, 2019
Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Cooley
Cooley LLP's dominance representing technology and life sciences issuers and deep contacts with investment banks enabled the firm to seize on a robust year of capital raising, guiding landmark initial public offerings plus complex debt deals and earning a spot as one of Law360's Capital Markets Groups of the Year.
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January 25, 2019
Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Weil
Representing some of the most iconic names in U.S. business history and parties in some of the largest bankruptcies of 2018, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has yet again earned a place as one of Law360's Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2019
Class Action Group Of The Year: Labaton Sucharow
Labaton Sucharow LLP convinced a judge to offer a second chance at class certification in a closely watched suit against Goldman Sachs over financial-crisis-era securities, and brought home a $96 million settlement in benchmark-rate litigation, making it one of Law360's Class Action Groups of the Year for 2018.
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January 24, 2019
International Arbitration Group Of The Year: King & Spalding
King & Spalding LLP's international arbitration group saw its most successful year ever in 2018, securing three victories in just two months for clients Chevron, Union Fenosa Gas and Reliance Industries at a total of $13.4 billion, winning it a place among Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2019
Banking Group Of The Year: McGuireWoods
McGuireWoods LLP's financial institutions industry team in 2018 guided a community bank through a $690 million tie-up and led Countrywide Home Loans to a win in a Truth in Lending Act case at the Eighth Circuit, landing it a spot among Law360's Banking Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2019
Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown
Mayer Brown is representing Facebook in a closely watched case alleging violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act and has secured wins for various high-profile clients, including Citigroup and AT&T, in Telephone Consumer Protection Act class actions, securing the firm a place as one of Law360's Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2019
Competition Group Of The Year: O'Melveny
O'Melveny & Myers LLP led the charge for AT&T and Time Warner against the U.S. Department of Justice's challenge to the companies' merger and won, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360's Competition Groups of the Year.
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January 24, 2019
Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
Keeping SunEdison's subsidiaries out of bankruptcy while the parent company went through Chapter 11, negotiating on behalf of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in Takata's bankruptcy proceedings and helping Danaos Corp. restructure without going through the courts are a few achievements that earned Sullivan & Cromwell a spot among Law360's Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.