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Resources Blogs Firm News Publications Events Pause Slideshow “Their lawyers, both partners and associates, are truly exceptional. They are smart, thoughtful and offer a range of litigation approaches.” Chambers USA (client quote) “Their client service is top notch – they are extremely responsive, efficient, and respectful of client time.” Benchmark Litigation (client quote) “They are easy to work with, smart as can be and collaborative.” Chambers USA (client quote) “They are able to provide first-rate sophisticated advice in a lean, efficient way.” Chambers USA (client quote) “Their client service is exceptional. They're smart, intelligent and thoughtful; they work very hard and they are very diligent.” Chambers USA (client quote) “They are great, great trial lawyers. Their trial skills are just right up there with the best I have seen.” Chambers USA (client quote) Firm News 12 Patterson Belknap Attorneys and Six Practices Receive Recognition in Chambers USA 2021 Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP is pleased to announce that six of our practice areas and twelve of our partners and counsel received recognition in the newly released Chambers USA - America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2021 . Read More Firm News Firm Secures Federal Circuit Victory for Client, Affirming Duty-Free Treatment for HIV Drug On Tuesday, April 14, 2021, the Firm obtained a significant victory for its client when the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision, following a bench trial, that our client’s blockbuster HIV drug should enter the United States duty-free. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) had sought to impose duties exceeding $100 million on the drug, darunavir ethanolate, which is the drug substance in HIV medication PREZISTA®. Read More Firm News Lauren Potter, Former Assistant United States Attorney, Joins Patterson Belknap Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP is pleased to announce that Lauren Schorr Potter, a former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, has joined the Firm as a partner in the Litigation department. Ms. Potter will focus her practice on white collar defense and investigations and complex civil litigation. Read More Firm News Patterson Belknap Named Benchmark Litigation ’s 2021 “New York Firm of the Year” and “Pro Bono Firm of the Year” Patterson Belknap has been recognized by Benchmark Litigation as the 2021 “New York Firm of the Year” and “Pro Bono Firm of the Year.” Read More Firm News Firm Secures Dismissal of CFPB Enforcement Action On March 26, the Firm secured a groundbreaking victory when the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware dismissed an enforcement action brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) against fifteen student loan trusts. The decision comes in the wake of the Supreme Court’s holding last summer that the CFPB was unconstitutionally structured, which left lower courts to resolve whether the CFPB could salvage individual cases by “ratifying” its earlier decisions to bring them. Read More Firm News Daniel Ruzumna Inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers Patterson Belknap partner Daniel S. Ruzumna has been inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL), an invitation-only fellowship of exceptional trial lawyers across the United States and Canada. Read More Firm News Firm Secures $43 Million Settlement in Fraud Suit on Behalf of Medical Device Manufacturer On February 23, 2021, the Firm secured a settlement for our client, a multinational biotech company, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. The suit accused the defendant, a group of pharmacies in Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas, of selling consumers thousands of boxes of our client’s blood glucose test strips that were not intended for retail sale. Read More Firm News Firm Secures Settlement and Permanent Injunction in Counterfeit Suit on Behalf of a Medical Device Manufacturer On Friday, February 5, the Firm secured a settlement for our client, a Multinational Healthcare Company, when a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed a suit from our client against the defendant, after a consent judgment and permanent injunction was filed. The original suit accused the defendant and several employees of importing and selling dangerous and contaminated counterfeit versions of our client’s medical devices. Read More Firm News Patterson Belknap Shortlisted for 2021 Benchmark Litigation New York Award Patterson Belknap has been shortlisted for Benchmark Litigation ’s 2021 U.S. Awards for the New York category. According to Benchmark , these annual awards “aim to recognize the firms and litigators who have performed exceptionally at both local and national levels. The shortlists are the culmination of months' research, analyzing hundreds of submissions, surveying thousands of referees and interviewing hundreds of lawyers.” Read More Firm News Patterson Belknap Names 2021 LCLD Fellow and Pathfinder Patterson Belknap partner Rachel Sherman has been selected as the Firm’s Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow for 2021, while associate Justin Zaremby has been selected as the Firm’s 2021 LCLD Pathfinder. Read More Firm News Firm Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of an Interfaith Coalition in Supreme Court Border Wall Case On Tuesday, January 19, the Firm proudly filed an amicus brief on behalf of 87 religious and religiously-affiliated organizations across the country in Trump v. Sierra Club . In this case, currently pending before the Supreme Court, the Sierra Club, the Southern Border Community Coalition, and the States of California and New Mexico challenged the Trump Administration’s attempt to misappropriate otherwise-allocated funds for construction of a southern border wall. Read More Firm News Patterson Belknap Launches Commercial Real Estate Workouts and Litigation Group Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP today announced the launch of its Commercial Real Estate Workouts and Litigation Group. The group draws on its vast experience across multiple disciplines in advising clients on navigating their options in complex deal structures including workouts, bankruptcies, receiverships, and UCC dispositions, and, if necessary, exercising or defending their rights in the litigation arena. Read More Firm News Patterson Belknap Announces Three New Partners and Five Counsel Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP is pleased to announce that, effective January 1, 2021, Andrew P. Beame, Barbara L. Mullin, and Hope K. Plasha will become partners of the Firm, and Jacqueline L. Bonneau, Andrew D. Cohen, Diana M. Conner, David Kleban, and George A. LoBiondo will become counsel. Read More Firm News Patterson Belknap Launches New Podcast Exploring Legal Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP today announced the launch of “Notorious: The Legal Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” a new podcast that explores the late Justice’s cases, decisions, dissents, and her su...