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Nicole represents an American manufacturer of aircraft engines in multi-jurisdictional products liability and wrongful death actions.Nicole and her colleagues at AP&S have teamed up with a litigation group at one of the largest global law firms to defend a multinational oil and gas company in the first climate change lawsuit brought by a state alleging that fossil fuel manufacturers have created a public nuisance.Nicole and her colleagues successfully defended a United States defense contractor in litigation brought by a Saudi Arabian company that claimed a right to commissions on the sale of military weapons to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and obtained affirmance of that judgment on appeal.For six years Nicole, along with the antitrust litigation team of a “Global Elite”-ranked international law firm, represented a leading specialty pharmaceutical company in a multi-district litigation antitrust case from its commencement through jury empanelment and its eventual resolution on the eve of trial.Nicole and her colleagues successfully defended the Rhode Island Lottery in subsequent Superior Court litigation challenging the constitutionality of both forms of wagering and they are now defending that judgment on appeal. 2018), Nicole and her colleagues advised the Rhode Island Lottery as it became the first New England state to implement sports wagering and one of first in the country to implement online sports wagering.

In the wake of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Murphy v.On the eve of trial, Nicole and other members of AP&S’s litigation team recently resolved a federal court case where they defended the world’s largest toy manufacturer against trade secrets claims brought under state and federal law.

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After four years of litigation, including an appeal to the First Circuit and a successful petition for writ of advisory mandamus from the First Circuit, Nicole and her colleagues recently completed a three-week bench trial in which they defended against a constitutional challenge brought by the American Trucking Associations to the State of Rhode Island’s implementation of truck tolls on the interstate.

In addition to her trial court practice, Nicole has successfully briefed and argued cases in the First and Third Circuits and the Rhode Island Supreme Court. Working out of the firm’s Providence office, Nicole also has represented Rhode Island general officers, state departments and agencies and municipalities in matters of significant public importance, including constitutional challenges. She has handled multi-district litigation and class actions and she has defended clients against antitrust, breach of contract, business tort, employment, intellectual property, products liability (including in aviation and drug and medical device cases), public nuisance and toxic tort claims. Nicole has tried high-stakes litigation and regularly represents public and private companies in complex cases in federal and state court. She also is President-Elect of the Rhode Island Bar Association.

Nicole Benjamin is a litigator who has been recognized for her successes in complex commercial litigation and appellate advocacy.