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Jennifer B. Patterson

Partner

Jennifer B. Patterson

Partner

Jennifer B. Patterson has more than 25 years of experience handling antitrust litigation and other complex commercial disputes across a wide range of industries including pharmaceuticals, rail freight transportation, publishing, auto parts, aircraft parts, biometric identification, poultry breeding, food additives, pesticides, optical film, flat glass manufacturing, and accounting and audit services.
Jennifer B. Patterson has more than 25 years of experience handling antitrust litigation and other complex commercial disputes across a wide range of industries including pharmaceuticals, rail freight transportation, publishing, auto parts, aircraft parts, biometric identification, poultry breeding, food additives, pesticides, optical film, flat glass manufacturing, and accounting and audit services.

OVERVIEW

Ms. Patterson has defended major US and foreign corporations in private antitrust lawsuits and class actions, and in related criminal and civil investigations and enforcement proceedings by the Department of Justice, State Attorneys General, and foreign competition agencies. She has handled internal investigations concerning potential antitrust violations and other illegal activities, and has advised companies with respect to the antitrust implications of mergers and acquisitions. She also advises on distribution and pricing programs and other aspects of competitor and customer relations, as well as on best practices for antitrust training and compliance.

Ms. Patterson speaks and writes in both Europe and the US on antitrust and cross-border litigation issues.

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

  • In Re Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation, MDL Nos. 1869 and 2925 (D.D.C.)
  • In re Amazon.com Inc. eBook Antitrust Litigation, 21-cv-00351 (D.N.Y.)
  • Bookends & Beginnings LLC v. Amazon.com Inc. at al., 1:21-cv-02584 (S.D.N.Y.)
  • U.S. v. Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, 1:21-cv-02886 (D.D.C.)
  • In re Glumetza Antitrust Litigation, 19-cv-05822-WHA (N.D. Cal.)
  • Nastasi v. Bloomberg LP, et al., 18-cv-12361 (S.D.N.Y.)
  • U.S. v. AT&T Inc. et al., 1:17-cv-02511 (D.D.C.)
  • U.S. v. NGK Insulators Ltd., 15-cr-20550 (E.D. Mich.)
  • In Re Skelaxin (Metaxalone) Antitrust Litigation, opt-out cases Sigmapharm, Inc. v. Mutual Pharmaceutical Co., et al., No. 12-01-01176, Hygrosol Pharmaceutical Corp. v. Roberts, et al., No. 12-11-00213 (Ct. of Common Pleas, Phila. Cty., Penn.)
  • Freeman Industries, LLC v. Eastman Chemical Co., et al, No. E2003–00527–SC–S09–CV (Tenn.), and related cases
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SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • Co-Chair of PLI Seminar on Developments in Antitrust Law & Regulation in 2023 and 2019; annual presenter since 2019 on segment on Relationships Among Competitors–Lawful Collaborations, Unreasonable Restraints
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PUBLICATIONS

  • Cartels And Other Horizontal Relationships, PLI’s 2023 Developments in Antitrust
  • Indirect Purchaser Claims in Europe and the US: A Comparison of Selected Jurisdictions, Sweet & Maxwell, Global Competition Litigation Review, 2019 Vol. 12 Issue. 4
  • Antitrust Jurisprudence in the Second Circuit, 85 Fordham L. Rev. 111, October 2016; co-author
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AWARDS

The Legal 500 US

  • Antitrust: Cartel (2017, 2019, 2021)
  • Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions (2019)
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EDUCATION

  • J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1994, cum laude
  • M.S.F.S., Georgetown University, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, 1994, academic excellence
  • B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1989, magna cum laude
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BAR ADMISSIONS

  • New York
  • Connecticut
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
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MEMBERSHIPS

  • Member, Antitrust Section, New York State Bar Association
  • Member, Antitrust Section, American Bar Association
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LANGUAGES

  • German
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RELATED SERVICES

  • Antitrust Counseling
  • Antitrust Government Investigation
  • Antitrust Litigation
  • Class Action Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Due Diligence & Investigations
  • Life Sciences Litigation
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CONTACT

LOCATION

New York City
745 Fifth Avenue, 10th Floor, 
New York, NY 10151
745 Fifth Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10151