When NTP Inc. inked its $612.5 million settlement with Research in Motion Ltd. on March 3, lawyers at Wiley Rein & Fielding let out a collective sigh of relief. The deal, after all, was a victory for Wiley partner James Wallace, whose efforts helped end months of uncertainty over whether RIM’s popular BlackBerry device would be shut down indefinitely.

Since 2001, Wallace and a crew of attorneys have shepherded NTP’s patent infringement suit through multiple appeals and negotiations until the final round at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom’s New York office earlier this month. Those efforts are about to bear some choice fruit.

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