| Standout | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | Used a literature metaphor in a battle against Google to convince an Appellate Court that it was possible to copyright software. Commended: Joshua Rosenkranz. |
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| Standout | DLA Piper | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | Levelled the playing field by stamping out the practice of vulture funds targeting indebted African countries. Commended: Tara M Lee and Serge Nawej. |
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| Standout | Dickstein Shapiro | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | Convinced the Government Accountability Office to consider post-award developments in a protest at NASA’s award of a $1.76bn contract. Commended: Scott Arnold. |
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| Standout | Kirkland & Ellis | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | Clarified the meaning of “standard essential” in a patent violation claim defended on behalf of Cisco et al. Commended: Steven Cherny. |
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| Standout | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | Successfully defended the right of companies in Delaware to choose their forum for litigation through their bylaws. |
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| Highly Commended | Astigarraga Davis | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | Developed a cross-border protocol in the wake of the civil asset recovery for the world’s second largest Ponzi investment fraud. Commended: Edward H Davis Jr. |
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| Highly Commended | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | Developed a mandatory arbitration bylaw for CommonWealth REIT, establishing a model for stemming shareholder litigation. |
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| Highly Commended | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | Challenged the seat of arbitration for BG Group, a gas company, in a case against Argentina, successfully winning in the Supreme Court. |
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| Highly Commended | Latham & Watkins | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | Resurrected the Environmental Protection Agency’s “regional consistency” requirement, in a ruling that benefits the energy industry. |
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| Highly Commended | Littler Mendelson | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | Developed a comprehensive new tool to manage single-plaintiff litigation while providing insights on business risks and other employment issues. |
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| Highly Commended | White & Case | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | Delayed a big airport expansion for six years while developing a comprehensive strategy to win extraordinary recompense for residents. |
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| Highly Commended | Dechert | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | Two big victories affecting cases of sovereign debtor defaults, working with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. |
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| Highly Commended | Dechert | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | Developed a unique divestment strategy to secure the bankruptcy restructuring merger between American Airlines and US Airways. Commended: Paul Denis. |
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| Highly Commended | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | Achieved two big victories affecting cases of sovereign debtor defaults, working with Dechert. |
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| Highly Commended | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | Partnered with the Federal Housing Finance Agency to take on banks responsible for issuing bad mortgage-backed loans before the financial crisis. Commended: Philippe Selendy. |
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| Commended | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | Acted for Wilmington Trust in complex Chapter 11 proceedings against Residential Capital and its affiliated debtors. |
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| Commended | Latham & Watkins | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | Protected foreign audit firms from exposure to sanctions and criminal penalties abroad when meeting US Securities and Exchange Commission obligations. |
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| Commended | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | Developed a roadmap for future retail mergers threatened by anti-trust law. |
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| Commended | Vinson & Elkins | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | Closing the floodgates on qui tam suits under the False Claims Act where the suit is for fraudulent receipt of government funds. |
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| Commended | White & Case | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | Successfully beat one of the largest anti-trust cases globally and challenged the view that juries cannot handle complex damages calculations. |
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| Commended | Kirkland & Ellis | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | Challenged statute of limitations in a fraudulent transfer risks trial recovering more than $5bn. |
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| Commended | Morrison & Foerster | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | Defended Clorox against a shareholder class action that sought to undo results on proposals regarding executive compensation. |
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| Commended | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | Challenged the “irreparable harm” argument brought by leading US broadcasters in a win for consumer rights. |
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| Commended | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | Convinced the court to apply the “business judgment” standard rather than the more rigorous “entire fairness” standard in a private merger case. |
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| Commended | Fish & Richardson | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | Convinced courts to dismiss patent cases in accordance with decisions by the US Patent and Trademark Office. |
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