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Rankings: Practice Groups of the Year

Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year highlights up to five practice groups that notched the biggest litigation victories or deals of the year. Winners are recognized for the size, complexity and significance of the deals or litigation they worked on.
  • January 06, 2016

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells

    Hogan Lovells attorneys successfully convinced the U.S. Supreme Court that Maryland’s state income tax law was unconstitutional because it lacked certain credits and that a former federal air marshal was eligible for whistleblower protections after leaking air security plans to the media, landing the firm among Law360’s Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • January 05, 2016

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn's life sciences practice scored a last-minute injunction for Sanofi-Aventis in a complex battle over an insulin injection device and protected the company from allegations it overcharged the U.S. hundreds of millions of dollars for another drug, earning the firm a spot on Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 05, 2016

    Securities Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein

    Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC attorneys over the last year have successfully guided a securities class action related to the massive BP oil spill and secured a string of giant settlements for investors over the sale of shoddy mortgage-backed securities, earning the firm recognition as one of Law360’s Securities Groups of the Year.

  • January 05, 2016

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein

    Mammoth settlements in mortgage-backed securities litigation, including settlements of $335 million for investors in securities from Residential Accredit Loans Inc. and a $500 million class action settlement with JPMorgan Chase, have earned Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC a place among Law360's Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • January 05, 2016

    Gov't Contracts Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling

    A year that saw it successfully challenge and defend various defense contracts and help clear up contracting issues around the sale and licensing of vaccine technology, while growing the group rapidly with a mass lateral move, has earned Covington & Burling LLP a place on Law360’s list of Government Contracts Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 05, 2016

    Environmental Group Of The Year: Hunton & Williams

    Hunton & Williams LLP was a force in several influential environmental cases in 2015, from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling forcing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to consider the cost of mercury emissions regulations, to a North Carolina high court ruling on coal ash pond cleanups favorable to Duke Energy, making the firm one of Law360’s Environmental Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 05, 2016

    Competition Group Of The Year: Boies Schiller

    Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP's team of antitrust attorneys helped Apple defeat a $1 billion monopolization suit and wrangled more than $275 million in settlements from several foam makers on the eve of a price-fixing trial, earning the group a spot on Law360’s Competition Groups of the Year.

  • January 05, 2016

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling

    Covington & Burling LLP's insurance practice is one of the largest dedicated to corporate policyholders and the firm threw its weight around in 2015, winning a precedential ruling on Superstorm Sandy's infamous surge and numerous other results that earned the firm a spot among Law360's Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 05, 2016

    Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Cooley

    Thanks to its recent dominance on the company and underwriter side of initial public offerings and various other matters, Cooley LLP has been named one of Law360's Capital Markets Practice Groups for 2015.

  • January 05, 2016

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Crowell & Moring

    Crowell & Moring LLP's trade team racked up significant wins at the U.S. Court of International Trade on behalf of Schlumberger Technology Corp. and Meridian Products while also maintaining active active export control, customs and sanctions portfolios, earning a spot among Law360's International Trade Groups of the Year.

  • January 05, 2016

    Appellate Group Of The Year: Goodwin Procter

    Goodwin Procter's appellate attorneys not only talked the U.S. Supreme Court into weighing patent interpretation for the first time in 20 years, but convinced the justices that appeals courts must defer to district judges' interpretations, earning the group a spot among Law360's Appellate Groups of the Year.

  • January 05, 2016

    Health Group Of The Year: Debevoise & Plimpton

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP attorneys netted a bevy of successes for health care clients over the past year, advising the $2.6 billion sale of a drug compounding company and crushing a class action against one of the nation’s largest health care providers, making it one of Law360’s Health Care Groups of the Year.

  • January 04, 2016

    International Trade Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling

    Covington & Burling LLP's international trade group was a shoo-in for Law360's 2015 Practice Groups of the Year following multiple victories, including U.S. government approval for a $3.7 billion acquisition by French ad giant Publicis Groupe amid cybersecurity concerns and a significantly smaller settlement for Deutsche Bank AG compared to other banks that were investigated for allegedly evading U.S. sanctions.

  • January 04, 2016

    Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Arnold & Porter

    Whether staving off a lethal debarment for a major contractor or defending a $78 million Navy contract award against a bid protest, Arnold & Porter LLP’s government contracts group served up another year of legal wins, earning it a spot among Law360’s Government Contracts Groups of the Year.

  • January 04, 2016

    Competition Group Of The Year: Arnold & Porter

    It’s been a busy year for the antitrust group at Arnold & Porter LLP, from advising General Electric in its roughly $13 billion deal with Alstom SA to representing AT&T on its $49 billion merger with DirecTV, landing the team on Law360’s list of Competition Groups of the Year.

  • January 04, 2016

    Class Action Group Of The Year: Bernstein Litowitz

    Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP's class action group recovered more than $1 billion for clients in 2015, including a record-setting $500 million settlement over Bear Stearns' sale of mortgage-backed securities, landing it among Law360's Class Action Groups of the Year.

  • January 04, 2016

    Health Group Of The Year: Arnold & Porter

    Arnold & Porter LLP’s health care practice won a long-running battle over orphan drug discounts and helped land a key free speech victory for the pharmaceutical industry in 2015, earning the firm its second recognition as one of Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 04, 2016

    Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Cleary Gottlieb

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has fielded a number of record-setting capital markets financings over the last year, including guiding Actavis PLC in securing $30 billion of securities offerings, landing it a spot on Law360’s Capital Markets Groups of the Year.

  • January 04, 2016

    Environmental Group Of The Year: Arnold & Porter

    Helping BP PLC broker an historic settlement over the Deepwater Horizon disaster underscores Arnold & Porter LLP's ability to resolve high-stakes environmental disputes, which helped earn the firm a spot among Law360's Environmental Groups of the Year.

  • January 04, 2016

    Securities Group Of The Year: Baker Botts

    Baker Botts LLP continues to fight class action claims against Halliburton Co. in a landmark case that may wind up before the Supreme Court for a third time, while defending the New York Stock Exchange in a first-of-its-kind market access trial, earning the firm a spot among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year for 2015.

  • January 04, 2016

    Insurance Group Of The Year: Barnes & Thornburg

    Barnes & Thornburg LLP's insurance recovery and counseling team secured a $204 million verdict for Simon Property Group LP in litigation over flood damage to Nashville's Opry Mills mall, while also notching a win for Anthem Inc. in a reinsurance dispute at the Indiana Supreme Court, landing it among Law360's Insurance Practice Groups of the Year.

  • January 04, 2016

    Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Covington

    Covington & Burling LLP’s life sciences practice led Eli Lilly & Co. to trial court wins over its antidepressant Cymbalta and helped guide Allergan PLC through a multibillion-dollar acquisition, securing the group a place as one of Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year.

  • December 18, 2015

    4 Firms Are Securities All-Stars

    Four firms have proven their mettle in taking up complex securities cases, with a legacy of success strong enough to earn them multiple securities practice groups of the year wins in the last five years.

  • December 18, 2015

    3 Firms Are Product Liability All-Stars

    Three law firms have consistently shown they can win big in significant product liability cases, each racking up multiple product liability practice group of the year wins in the past five years.

  • December 18, 2015

    9 Firms Are M&A All-Stars

    Nine firms have consistently shown their ability to creatively handle the largest and most complex transactions, each racking up multiple M&A practice group of the year wins in the past five years.

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