Jonathan D. Janow

How Jon Helps Clients

Jon is an experienced litigator specializing in commercial, antitrust, administrative, complex civil litigation, consumer protection, trade secrets, class actions and appeals. He has represented and counseled clients in a wide range of industries, with a particular expertise in pharmaceuticals and life sciences. Jon has extensive experience with federal and state antitrust and consumer protection issues, including those at the intersection of antitrust, intellectual property and trade secrets. He strives to provide clients with strategic counseling and insight to mitigate issues before they develop into potential liabilities.

He was recently recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the category of Dispute Resolution: Appellate.

In addition to his client-focused work, Jon serves as the Chair of the Firm’s Pro Bono Committee and maintains an active pro bono practice with a significant focus on voting rights litigation and representing unaccompanied immigrant children. He was named as Kids In Need of Defense’s (KIND) Pro Bono Attorney of the Month in January 2012.

Prior to joining Buchanan, Jon was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP where he represented numerous life sciences industry clients in high-stakes multi-district antitrust litigation. Jon began his career as a law clerk to Judge Julia Smith Gibbons of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and Magistrate Judge Alan Kay of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

What Clients Can Expect

Clients look to Jon for creative and strategic legal thinking and proactive mitigation of risks and costs relating to potential or active litigation. Clients commend Jon’s ability to conceive novel solutions to intractable problems and to see around corners to strategic issues on the horizon. 

Outside the Office

In his free time, Jon enjoys travel and getting out into nature with his family. 

Proof Points

• Lead Counsel for Hetero Labs defending nationwide antitrust class action brought by direct and indirect purchasers of the drug Bystolic (nebivolol) challenging the so-called "reverse payment" settlement of Hatch-Waxman patent litigation.
• Lead Counsel for Albertsons defending multiple pharmaceutical products liability class actions and dozens of individual cases in the District of New Jersey alleging personal injuries and economic losses purportedly due to nitrosamine contamination of valsartan and other angiotensin receptor blockers.
• Lead Counsel for Aurobindo Pharma defending complex trade secrets and breach of contract litigation concerning microsphere injectable products.
• Lead Counsel for Teva Pharmaceuticals defending nationwide antitrust class action brought by direct and indirect purchasers of the drug Effexor® (venlafaxine) challenging the so-called "reverse payment" settlement of Hatch-Waxman patent litigation.
• Lead Counsel for Ranbaxy defending nationwide antitrust class action brought by direct and indirect purchasers of the drug Lipitor® (atorvastatin) challenging the so-called "reverse payment" settlement of Hatch-Waxman patent litigation.
• Counsel for the Association for Accessible Medicines in successful constitutional challenge to Maryland state drug pricing law. Maryland law against price-gouging by drug companies is unconstitutional, appeals court rules, The Baltimore Sun, April 13, 2018.
• Counsel for the Association of Accessible Medicines in constitutional challenge to New York state drug pricing law.
• Counsel for Barr Laboratories (now part of Teva Pharmaceuticals) defending nationwide antitrust class action brought by direct and indirect purchasers of the drug Provigil® (modafinil) challenging the so-called "reverse payment" settlement of Hatch-Waxman patent litigation.
• Counsel for Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) in first-ever action brought against it by the SEC in federal court in the District of Columbia. SEC Loses Bid to Get SIPC to Pay Stanford Ponzi Claims, The Wall Street Journal, July 3, 2012.
• Counsel for Ally Financial in litigation relating to the Chapter 11 reorganization of its subsidiary Residential Capital (ResCap).
• Counsel for Innkeepers USA Trust, the owner and operator of an extensive portfolio of extended-stay and select-service hotels, in a contested matter arising from its Chapter 11 reorganization.
• Counsel for Charter Communications in post-confirmation bankruptcy litigation
• Counsel Red Bull in successful resolution of consumer protection class action
• Helps clients navigate the complexities of patent and trade secret protection for life sciences innovations to secure intellectual property in the era of AI.