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
  • Appellate
  • False Advertising
  • Food and Beverage
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Media, Entertainment and Sports
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Profile

Jane Metcalf is a Partner in the firm’s Litigation department. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on class action defense, false advertising, intellectual property, and litigation involving FDA-regulated products. Ms. Metcalf has defeated numerous consumer class actions at the motion-to-dismiss stage, and has obtained favorable decisions from both the Second and Ninth Circuits on key legal issues in class action defense. She also routinely represents clients in false-advertising disputes with competitors. 

Ms. Metcalf is nationally ranked in Chambers USA in the area of Advertising Litigation, and has been ranked as a "Leading Lawyer" in that area by The Legal 500. Clients describe Ms. Metcalf as "excellent and always quick to respond," and "extremely easy to work with."

Ms. Metcalf also maintains a diverse commercial litigation practice beyond the false advertising realm.  She is currently representing a leading financial technology company in a False Claims Act case seeking to expand the reach of Delaware escheat law, and has also successfully represented clients in employment, fraud, and contract matters.  She has served as lead trial counsel for a consumer products company in an arbitration involving claims for breach of contract, and defended a leading financial services firm in an arbitration involving claims of defamation by a former employee. 

In addition to Ms. Metcalf's rankings in Chambers and The Legal 500, she is recognized as a 2024 "Future Star" by Benchmark Litigation, and has been named to Benchmark Litigation’s “40 & Under Hot List,” recognizing practitioners who “are among the top young talent in their respective communities," for each of the past four years. Ms. Metcalf was also named to Ad Age’s elite ‘40 Under 40’ list, which recognizes influential people under 40 in the advertising, marketing, and media industries.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Metcalf served as a law clerk to the Hon. Paul G. Gardephe in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and to the Hon. Raymond J. Lohier, Jr. in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Bar Admissions

  • U.S. Courts of Appeals, Second Circuit; Fifth Circuit; Ninth Circuit; Federal Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
  • New York

Education

  • University of Michigan Law School (J.D., magna cum laude)
    • Order of the Coif
    • Clarence Darrow Scholar
    • Associate Editor, Michigan Journal of Race & Law
  • Yale University (B.A., magna cum laude)
    • Phi Beta Kappa

Areas of Practice

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Class Action Litigation
  • Complex Commercial Actions
  • Consumer Products
  • Appellate
  • False Advertising
  • Food and Beverage
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Media, Entertainment and Sports

Professional Career


Professional Activities and Experience

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

  • Speaker, "Crisis De Jure: Ethical Considerations for In-House Counsel in Product Recall Situations" and "Playground or Battleground: Examining Jurisdictional Trends in CPG Litigation," CPG Consumer Brands Legal Forum (February 27, 2024)
  • Moderator, "False Advertising and Lanham Act Litigation Round Up," CPG Consumer Brands Legal Forum (February 24, 2023)


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...

Second Circuit Criminal Law Blog

The Second Circuit Criminal Law Blog is your place to follow the criminal law decisions rendered by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. With a rich 225-year history of legendary judges like Learned Hand and Henry Friendly, the Second Circuit has long been known for writing important and thoughtful opinions on many subjects, including the criminal law. We review every published criminal law opinion handed down by the Second Circuit in order to provide you with a summary of the hol

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