Mr Jeffrey Warshafsky > Proskauer Rose LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Jeffrey Warshafsky
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Jeff Warshafsky is a partner in Proskauer’s Litigation Department. A versatile commercial litigator and strategic advisor, Jeff specializes in consumer class actions, sports litigation, false advertising, trademark, and other intellectual property disputes.
Jeff defends companies in connection with consumer class actions involving advertising and privacy issues. He has handled dozens of class actions around the country for multinational companies across diverse sectors including consumer product companies, retailers, and sports leagues. Jeff also counsels clients to avoid being targeted in such actions, helps them respond to demand letters from plaintiffs’ counsel, and negotiates resolutions.
Additionally, Jeff represents clients in competitor versus competitor advertising disputes, including in Lanham Act cases and advertising self-regulation disputes before the National Advertising Division and the National Advertising Review Board. He also counsels companies on advertising substantiation issues, with an emphasis on complex scientific testing, such as clinical trials and sensory testing. Jeff regularly advises major sports leagues on complex business disputes.
Jeff maintains a robust pro bono immigration practice, assisting clients with asylum and U-Visa applications and in connection with removal proceedings. In addition to his active practice, Jeff is an editor of and contributor to Proskauer’s false advertising blog, Watch This Space: Proskauer on Advertising Law.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
(Rising stars)Proskauer Rose LLP’s false advertising and trademark group is well regarded for its advertising litigation capabilities, which covers investigating, prosecuting, and defending against advertising, marketing, and unfair competition matters. It acts for a broad range of clients, with strong expertise in both consumer class actions and competitor versus competitor lawsuits. New York-based Baldassare Vinti heads the group, as well as the wider intellectual property practice at the firm, and has significant experience acting for clients in advertising class actions and Lanham Act-related disputes, with expertise across the pharmaceutical, life sciences and healthcare, food and beverage, and consumer products industries. Other key contacts include senior counsel Jeffrey Warshafsky, who specializes in trademark and false advertising disputes, and Jennifer Yang, who was recently promoted to senior counsel and has experience handling both Lanham Act and consumer class action false advertising litigation, as well as advertising challenges before the NAD. New York-based Brendan O’Rourke
is also noted for his experience in this space.
Lawyer Rankings
- Rising stars United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Advertising and marketing: litigation United States > Media, technology and telecoms
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending