ProfessionalsBrette Tannenbaum

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btannenbaum@paulweiss.com
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York,
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10019-6064
Fax: +1-212-492-0852
A partner in the Litigation Department, Brette serves as Co-Chair of the Investment Management Litigation Practice Group and Deputy Co-Chair of the Antitrust Practice Group. She represents clients in a broad range of complex commercial disputes, with particular focus on antitrust and unfair competition litigation, as well as litigation involving investment advisors and their portfolio companies.
Brette was most recently recognized by The American Lawyer as a 2024 “Young Lawyer of the Year” finalist in the litigation category, by Bloomberg Law in its 2024 “They’ve Got Next: 40 under 40” series in the Antitrust category, and by Global Competition Review as a “Lawyer of the Year – Under 40” finalist. Chambers recognized Brette as an “Up and Coming” lawyer in the General Commercial (NY) category in 2023 and 2024. In 2023, she was named a Law360 “Rising Star” for Sports & Betting. Benchmark Litigation recognized Brette on its “40 and Under Hot List” in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, recently calling her an “emerging talent in antitrust litigation.” The New York Law Journal named Brette a “Rising Star” in its 2021 New York Legal Awards.
EXPERIENCE
Brette’s significant representations include:
- ٴDzԱand its hedge fund division in multiple state and federal court actions arising out of the Kentucky state pension system’s decision to invest in funds of hedge funds, including the successful dismissal of a $50 billion derivative claim on appeal to the Kentucky Supreme Court;
- The Boston Bruins in an independent review of its player vetting process;
- General Electric in a billion dollar trade secrets misappropriation lawsuit against a direct competitor in the gas turbine industry;
- International Swimming League (ISL) in an antitrust action asserting price-fixing and group boycott claims against competitor World Aquatics for threatening to sanction swimmers who participated in ISL events, including winning a reversal of the trial court’s award of summary judgment for World Aquatics;
- The Kraft Group and its subsidiaries in several complex commercial disputes;
- Major League Baseball in a putative antitrust class action involving the sale of MLB licensed products in third-party online marketplaces;
- Mastercard in several of the largest antitrust class action litigations nationally arising out of the fees and rules governing merchants’ acceptance of payment cards;
- The National Football League in various matters, including a putative class action alleging racial discrimination in the hiring and retention of head coaches and senior executives;
- News Corporation and certain subsidiaries in the favorable resolution of multiple antitrust litigations, including class action and competitor lawsuits involving claims of exclusive dealing and monopolization, as well as the dismissal of unlawful bundling and tying claims following an evidentiary hearing before a panel of antitrust expert special masters;
- Northwestern University in an independent review of the processes to detect and respond to potential misconduct in its Athletic Department, following allegations of hazing and bullying in certain of its athletic programs;
- ճPhiladelphia 76ers in an internal investigation relating to the use of certain anonymous Twitter accounts to post information concerning the club, its personnel and related topics;
- The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in high-profile antitrust class actions involving monopsony and exclusive dealing claims brought by a class of 1,200 former mixed martial artists;
- Wafra Inc. in a variety of matters, including the favorable resolution of multiple employment discrimination actions brought by former employees;
- Chip Wilson, the founder and former CEO of lululemon athletica, in the dismissal of securities fraud class action and derivative litigation concerning disclosures of product recalls;
- World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in the favorable resolution of an antitrust action brought by competitor Major League Wrestling involving the sale and licensing of media rights for professional wrestling programming.
Brette also maintains an active pro bono practice focused on post-conviction appeals in capital cases. She recently first chaired an evidentiary hearing on behalf of a death row inmate in Alabama.
Brette earned her A.B. from Princeton University, with honors, and her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she was a James Kent Scholar and notes editor of the Columbia Law Review. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section and the Federal Bar Council First Decades Committee. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Randall’s Island Park Alliance.