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Eric K. Blumenfeld

New York City

+1 (212) 837-6118

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Eric Blumenfeld is counsel in the New York office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed.  His practice focuses on complex civil litigation, commercial litigation, and products liability litigation.  Eric applies his training as an engineer to lawsuits involving science and technology.  He also has substantial experience in using technology to make litigation more efficient, particularly in mass-tort and multi-district litigations.  Eric has practiced extensively in New York and New Jersey at the trial and appellate level and in federal courts across the country.

Areas of Concentration

  • Complex Civil Litigation
  • Products Liability
  • Commercial Litigation

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Professional Experience

  • Associate, Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP, 1999 – 2005
  • Law clerk to the Honorable Naomi G. Eichen, Appellate Division, Superior Court of New Jersey, 1998 – 1999
  • Intern to the Honorable Nicholas H. Politan, US District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1997
  • Intern to the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Consumer Affairs, 1996


Awards

  • The Legal 500 United States for Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action Defense: Consumer Products (including Tobacco), 2023
  • New Jersey Super Lawyers “Rising Star” 2007
  • New Jersey Super Lawyers “Rising Star” 2006

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1999
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2004
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 2004
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, 2009
  • U.S. Tax Court, 1999

Highlighted Matters

  • Defend and advise an international testing services provider in a lawsuit in which the plaintiff, a major North American toy distributor, is seeking more than $100 million in damages for a nationwide recall of a product that sickened several children in 2007
  • Defend an international testing services provider against injured plaintiffs and a national retailer in a series of six lawsuits involving substantial injuries caused by a tabletop tiki torch and related torch fuel.  To date, we have secured dismissals on dispositive motions in three of the cases.
  • Defend a leading US veterinary pharmaceutical manufacturer in a lawsuit involving a license agreement
  • Represent an international manufacturer of home appliances and home electronics to enforce a master services agreement with a vendor and to defend against the vendor’s claims of employee raiding
  • Defend an international pharmaceutical manufacturer in nationwide litigation involving a prescription diet drug
  • Defend a leading auction house in litigation involving a guarantee agreement between the auction house and the purchaser of an art work
  • Represented the SIPA Trustee for the liquidation of MF Global, Inc. by designing a system to process more than 27,000 customer claims in one year’s time and by heading a team of attorneys to implement the claims review
  • Represented the Jersey City Museum as first chair at a trial against the City of Jersey City and secured a declaratory judgment confirming that the Museum owned all of the works in its collection
  • Defended an international testing services provider and secured pre-answer dismissals of two lawsuits involving fatal injuries resulting from garments catching fire
  • Defended a leading US pharmaceutical manufacturer in nationwide litigation involving a prescription anti-inflammatory drug, in part by helping to coordinate and analyze the affirmative discovery of approximately 60,000 claimants
  • Successfully defended a large pharmaceutical manufacturer by co-authoring the brief in In re Vioxx Litigation, 928 A.2d 935 N.J. (2007), a seminal case clarifying the doctrine of forum non conveniens, in which New Jersey’s Appellate Division affirmed the client-defendant’s right to litigate the claims of foreign plaintiffs in their country of residence
  • Successfully defended one of the largest law firms in New Jersey by co-authoring the brief in Borteck v. Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti LLP, 844 A.2d 521 (N.J. 2004), in which the New Jersey Supreme Court held that the defendant law firm’s retirement plan was enforceable under Rule of Professional Conduct 5.6
  • Successfully defended the corporate trustee of a charitable testamentary trust in In re Estate of Katz, 2004 WL 104578 (N.J. App. Div. 2004), which protected trust funds from a challenge by the testator’s daughter

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Litigation Wrap: Second Quarter 2023
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Firm Continues Defense of Vibrantz in Water Contamination Litigation
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Charlie Cohen Argues Before the NJ Supreme Court
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Litigation Wrap: Fourth Quarter 2022
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Former Crédit Agricole Senior Executive Retains HHR in NY Court Case
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Litigation Wrap: First Quarter 2022
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Firm Wins Yet Another Victory for Phillips Auctioneers
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Litigation Wrap: Fourth Quarter 2021
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HHR Wins Dismissal of Breach-of-Trust Suit Against Ross School
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Litigation Wrap: Third Quarter 2021
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Hughes Hubbard Delivers Finishing Touch for Phillips Auctioneers
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Firm Helps Sellas Defeat Investors’ Securities Fraud Suit
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Litigation Wrap: First Quarter 2019
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Firm Assists Greek Orthodox Church in Lawsuit Against Princeton
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Litigation Wrap: Second Quarter 2017
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​Firm Wins Restraining Order for Phillips Against Deadbeat Art Buyer
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Hughes Hubbard Helps Jersey City Museum Win Battle Over Artwork Ownership
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Hughes Hubbard Helps Pfizer Derail Fen-Phen Suit
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Double Victory for BVCPS in Toy Recall Lawsuit
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Education
  • Rutgers University School of Law, J.D., 1998, Managing Articles Editor, Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal, West Publishing Company Prize for Criminal Law Studies, Finalist, David Cohn Appellate Moot Court Competition
  • Johns Hopkins University, B.A., 1990
  • Johns Hopkins University, BSChE, 1989
Bar Admissions
  • New Jersey, 1999
  • New York, 2002
Areas of Focus
Art Law
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