Innovative Lawyers - Financial Times

Mayer Brown

Most innovative North American law firms 2015: Protecting clients business (2)

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Rankings at a glance
Award level	Commended
Originality	7
Rationale	8
Impact	7
Total innovation score	22
Comment	In protecting UCB and Schwartz Pharma from the practice of alleging injury from a branded drug where only the generic had been used, lawyers convinced over 100 courts to rule in their favour.

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Rankings at a glance
Award level	Highly commended
Originality	8
Rationale	8
Impact	9
Total innovation score	25
Comment	The firm used procedural tool Article 77 to an unprecedented level representing the Bank of New York Mellon, winning court approval for an $8.5bn settlement.