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Rankings: Practice Groups of the Year
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February 03, 2015
M&A Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins LLP's mergers and acquisitions team advised on some of the biggest value transactions across multiple industries and overcame diverse deal challenges in 2014, earning it a place among Law360's M&A Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 03, 2015
IP Group Of The Year: Orrick
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP scored a major win for Oracle Corp. in a high-stakes dispute over Google Inc.'s Android operating system and successfully defended Dish Network Corp. from a copyright suit by the TV networks over its Hopper DVR, landing the firm among Law360's Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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February 03, 2015
Health Group Of The Year: Skadden
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP tackled white-hot trends facing health care providers in 2014, including ubiquitous consolidation and relentless False Claims Act litigation, landing the firm a slot among Law360’s Health Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 02, 2015
Privacy Group Of The Year: BakerHostetler
BakerHostetler’s privacy and data protection team stepped up to the plate in 2014, to dispose of novel arguments raised in data breach class actions against Advocate Health & Hospitals Corp. and Eisenhower Medical Center, and to help a star pitcher for the Detroit Tigers squash the spread of leaked photos, earning the team a place among Law360's Privacy Groups of the Year.
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February 02, 2015
IP Group Of The Year: Morrison & Foerster
From scoring Apple Inc. another $120 million in damages from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. to notching a win for Yahoo! Inc. in the Federal Circuit, Morrison & Foerster LLP had a string of major victories in 2014, landing the firm among Law360’s Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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February 02, 2015
Securities Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray
The 100-lawyer business and securities litigation team at Ropes & Gray LLP racked up wins for clients including Keurig Green Mountain Inc. and Goldman Sachs & Co. in 2014 and continued to shine in representing life sciences defendants including Sanofi SA unit Genzyme Corp., work that earned it a spot among Law360's Securities Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 02, 2015
M&A Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's mergers and acquisitions team structured some of the most innovative deals of 2014, including the unorthodox partnership between Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management LP and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. on their $55 billion hostile bid for Allergan Inc., landing Kirkland among Law360's M&A Practice Groups of the Year.
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February 02, 2015
Health Group Of The Year: McDermott Will & Emery
McDermott Will & Emery LLP tapped its deep bench of transactional talent to guide health care deals spawned by the Affordable Care Act, including a merger of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare with Cadence Health in Chicago, earning the firm a place among Law360’s Health Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 30, 2015
Securities Group of the Year: Paul Weiss
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's securities practice group had a big year in 2014, winning bet-the-company litigation for Pfizer and helping avoid a potential expansion of liability admissions in SEC civil litigation, work that made the group one of Law360's Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 30, 2015
IP Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins
From securing a win for InterDigital Communications Inc. in a wireless patent case to defending Capital One Financial Corp. in a bellwether suit with a patent holding company, Latham & Watkins LLP had an impressive string of recent victories, earning a spot among Law360’s Intellectual Property Groups of the Year.
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January 30, 2015
Real Estate Group Of The Year: Willkie Farr & Gallagher
For its help in steering a host of complex transactions, including working with Paramount Group Inc. on what became the largest-ever initial public offering by a real estate investment trust, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has landed a spot among Law360’s Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 30, 2015
Insurance Group Of The Year: Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP’s insurance group notched major wins last year, from clearing a Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. unit of a $35 million lawsuit over hurricane damage to securing $50 million in contested coverage for the company that built the Deepwater Horizon’s failed blowout preventer, landing it among Law360’s Insurance Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 30, 2015
Class Action Group Of the Year: Morgan Lewis
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP attorneys successfully argued a major class action case over retiree health benefits at the U.S. Supreme Court and racked up major wins for clients including Amazon.com Inc., Teva Pharmaceuticals and Mitchell International, earning the firm a spot among Law360’s Class Action Groups of the Year.
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January 30, 2015
Health Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins LLP did damage control on a historic privacy investigation involving the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and served as a one-stop shop for big-name clients facing myriad legal challenges, earning it a place among Law360’s Health Groups of the Year.
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January 30, 2015
M&A Group Of The Year: Jones Day
Jones Day’s merger and acquisitions group stood behind a number of 2014’s most complex blockbuster deals, including a trio of transactions related to Reynolds American Inc.’s $24.7 billion purchase of Lorillard Inc., landing a spot among Law360’s M&A Groups of the Year.
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January 30, 2015
Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: Sheppard Mullin
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP’s bustling media and entertainment group deftly handled complex financing and distribution deals on acclaimed films including “Selma,” while its litigation team scored major wins for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. in contract disputes, placing Sheppard Mullin among Law360’s Media and Entertainment Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 29, 2015
Securities Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn gave federal prosecutors a pair of black eyes in 2014, securing a trial victory in a 14-year-long insider trading case against a hedge fund manager, and ensuring an oil company executive walked away from a criminal fraud action with no jail time, earning its lawyers a place among Law360’s Securities Groups of the Year.
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January 29, 2015
Class Action Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins LLP’s class action experts notched big wins across a host of practice areas in 2014, from shutting down securities litigation over client U.S. Airways Group’s blockbuster 2013 merger to fending off antitrust claims against the London Metal Exchange, earning a spot among Law360’s Class Action Groups of the Year.
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January 29, 2015
Health Care Group Of The Year: Epstein Becker Green
Epstein Becker Green’s recent work across the health care spectrum, successfully assisting clients with a range of major acquisition deals, regulatory issues, and significant False Claims Act cases, has earned the firm a place on Law360's list of Health Care Groups of the Year.
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January 29, 2015
Insurance Group Of The Year: Wiley Rein
Wiley Rein scored a major victory for insurers in the Washington Mutual Inc. liquidating trust’s suit seeking millions to cover executives' defense costs when the Delaware Supreme Court reversed a ruling that the trust could pursue $200 million in coverage, landing the firm among Law360's Insurance Practice Groups Of The Year.
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January 29, 2015
Real Estate Group of the Year: Skadden
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP’s real estate attorneys were busy in 2014, as their work guiding the largest ever single-hotel acquisition in the U.S., along with innovative efforts in creating tax-free REIT spinoffs placed them among Law360’s Real Estate Practice Groups of the Year for the second year in a row.
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January 29, 2015
IP Group Of The Year: Knobbe Martens
By helping biotechnology company Masimo Corp. win a $467 million jury award in a patent infringement suit against two Koninklijke Philips NV units and guiding Monster Energy Co.'s victory in a trademark dispute with a Las Vegas hotel, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP has landed on Law360's Intellectual Property Practice Groups of the Year.
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January 29, 2015
M&A Group Of The Year: Davis Polk
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP’s mergers and acquisitions practice group handled some of 2014’s largest and most contested mergers, including helping AstraZeneca Inc. ward off an unsolicited $118 billion takeover bid by Pfizer Inc., landing the team on Law360’s list of M&A Practice Groups Of The Year.
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January 29, 2015
Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has represented high-profile media clients, including the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in its royalties row with Pandora and Time Warner Cable Inc. in its pending $45.2 billion merger with Comcast Corp., making it a Law360 Media and Entertainment Group of the Year.
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January 28, 2015
Health Group Of The Year: Akin Gump
From beating back a Medicare rule change that would have cost hospitals millions to helping a nursing facility shake off a whistleblower's False Claims Act suit with novel legal strategies, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP’s health group delivered hospitals, health care systems and policy advocates another year of stellar legal results in 2014, earning the firm a spot among Law360’s Health Groups of the Year for the fourth consecutive year.