S&C a Finalist for National Law Journal’s ‘Appellate Hot List’

For the second year in a row, Sullivan & Cromwell has been named a finalist for The National Law Journal’s “Appellate Hot List” for delivering a series of appellate wins in high-stakes cases. S&C’s Supreme Court and Appellate Practice is led by former Acting Solicitor General of the United States Jeff Wall—who has argued more than 30 times before the U.S. Supreme Court—and draws on the experience of 21 former U.S. Supreme Court clerks and more than 90 former federal circuit court clerks. Jeff is also a finalist for NLJ’s “Appellate Attorney of the Year.”

S&C was recognized for a series of major appellate victories: 

• A Valero subsidiary, persuading the Supreme Court in Diamond Alternative Energy v. EPA to reverse in an important standing case that will allow affected parties to challenge government rules.
• Great Lakes Insurance, obtaining a unanimous Supreme Court reversal in Great Lakes Insurance v. Raiders Retreat Realty, an important case on choice of law for the insurance industry.
• Broadband industry groups, ending two decades of fighting and uncertainty over broadband regulation by persuading a unanimous Sixth Circuit to strike down the FCC’s controversial net-neutrality rules.
• Walgreens, obtaining a victory in a landmark bellwether case in the national opioid multidistrict litigation, with the Ohio Supreme Court and Sixth Circuit invalidating a $650 million judgment obtained by two Ohio counties.
• Standard Chartered Bank and Danske Banke, persuading the Second Circuit that the banks are not liable under the Anti-Terrorism Act for allegedly aiding and abetting terrorist organizations.
• CPI Security Systems, defending a $189.7 million verdict, including $140 million in punitive damages, that it won against a much larger competitor, Vivint, for unfair and deceptive business practices.
• Canadian Pacific following its $31 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern, defeating a breach of contract suit brought by investors holding $2.4 billion of notes, and persuading the D.C. Circuit to reject a petition from Chicago suburbs challenging the approval of the merger.
• Spirit AeroSystems in a second appellate victory in the Tenth Circuit in a case involving compensation for the company’s former CEO.

S&C is also a finalist for NLJ’s “Crisis Management and Government Oversight” award.