Practice Expertise

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Complex Commercial Actions
  • Class Action Litigation
  • Consumer Products

Areas of Practice

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Class Action Litigation
  • Complex Commercial Actions
  • Consumer Products
  • False Advertising
  • Food and Beverage
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Trade Secrets, Trademark, and Copyright ...
  • Trademark and Copyright Litigation
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Profile

Christine Miller's practice is focused on counseling clients on advertising and trademark matters. Her advertising practice includes helping clients develop substantiation for advertising claims, regulatory clearance of advertising and handling advertising challenges at the FTC, the NAD and the networks. She also has handled several NARB appeals. She has been involved in numerous Lanham Act false advertising litigations and consumer class actions, and has worked extensively with market research experts to develop or critique trademark and advertising surveys used in legal proceedings.

Her clients include leading companies in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food, beverage, confectionery, travel, and pet product industries. She has assisted clients with product launches, package development and the creation and defense of major advertising campaigns.

Ms. Miller has been listed in Chambers USA as a leading practitioner in the area of Advertising, where she is described as offering clients “a real depth of insight into NAD proceedings.” The guide notes that she is “viewed by the market as ‘an excellent lawyer’” and “recognized for her counsel on complex regulatory and trademark issues in the advertising space.” Ms. Miller is also recommended by Legal 500 in the area of advertising.

Representative Matters

False Advertising
Prosecution and defense of false advertising cases, NAD and network challenges, and FTC investigations involving a wide range of professional and consumer advertising.

Advertising Clearance
Rendering advice concerning advertising substantiation and network clearance.

Trademark and Trade Dress
Prosecution and defense of trademark and trade dress cases involving a wide variety of pharmaceutical and consumer products and services. 

Legal Surveys
Extensive experience commissioning consumer and professional market research for claim support and for use in trademark and false advertising legal proceedings.

Bar Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
  • New York

Education

  • Albany Law School (J.D., 1978)
    • Member, Justinian Society
    • Albany Law Review
    • Salutatorian
  • Vassar College (B.A., 1973)

Areas of Practice

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Class Action Litigation
  • Complex Commercial Actions
  • Consumer Products
  • False Advertising
  • Food and Beverage
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Trade Secrets, Trademark, and Copyright Litigation
  • Trademark and Copyright Litigation

Professional Career


Professional Activities and Experience

MEMBERSHIPS: Member, American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law (Consumer Protection Committee; Advertising Disputes & Litigation Committee)




Articles

  • Editor, Self-Regulation of Advertising in the United States: An Assessment of the National Advertising Division, prepared by the Advertising Disputes & Litigation Committee and The Consumer Protection Committee, American Bar Association Section on Antitrust Law (Apr. 2015)

Blogs

Antitrust Update

Antitrust Update Blog is a source of insights, information and analysis on criminal and civil antitrust and competition-related issues. Patterson Belknap’s antitrust lawyers represent clients in antitrust litigation and counseling matters, including those related to pricing, marketing, distribution, franchising, and joint ventures and other strategic alliances. We have significant experience with government civil and criminal/cartel investigations, providing the unique perspectives of former...

Data Security Law Blog

DataSecurityLaw.com is the firm’s resource for the latest news, analysis, and thought leadership in the critical area of privacy and cybersecurity law. Patterson Belknap’s Privacy and Data Security practice provides public and private enterprises, their leadership teams and boards with comprehensive services in this critical area. Our team of experienced litigators, corporate advisors and former federal and state prosecutors advises on a broad range of privacy and data protection matters...

Misbranded

Misbranded is Patterson Belknap’s blog covering false advertising litigation—both consumer class actions and competitor suits—with a particular focus on FDA-regulated products (foods/beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and dietary supplements).

New York Commercial Division Decisions

The blog is a source for insights and developments related to practice in the Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court. This blog reviews key developments in the Commercial Division, including important decisions handed down by the Commercial Division and appellate court decisions reviewing Commercial Division decisions. The blog also covers changes and proposed changes to Commercial Division rules and practice, including revisions to the rules since January 2015. The...

NY Patent Decisions Blog

NYPatentDecisionsBlog.com is a source for the latest patent decisions from the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. The blog is authored by Patterson Belknap’s Patent Litigation practice group, whose members are highly experienced trial attorneys with extensive technical knowledge. Many have advanced scientific degrees and industry experience in fields such as communications, electrical and electro-optical technology, semiconductor technology, metallurgical...

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