Jeannine M. Kenney

Partner
Philadelphia

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OVERVIEW

Jeannine joined the firm upon its inception in 2009, and her practice focuses primarily on private enforcement of federal and state antitrust laws.

Jeannine brings to her legal work nearly two decades of experience in public policy spanning a wide range of legislative and regulatory fields, including agriculture, food safety, telecommunications, and financial services, among others, advocating for the public interest and consumers. For nearly five years, she worked as a legislative assistant for two United States Senators. As a Senior Policy Analyst for Consumer Reports, she advocated for consumer interests before Congress and federal agencies, testifying before congressional committees, appearing as a speaker at Federal Trade Commission events, and presenting oral and written testimony to federal regulatory agencies. Jeannine also served as an appointed member of two federal advisory committees related to pesticide safety. Between stints at Consumers Union, she served as the Vice President of Domestic Affairs for the National Cooperative Business Association, representing member-owned consumer, producer, and purchasing cooperatives. From 2010 to 2011, Jeannine clerked for the Honorable Cynthia M. Rufe, United States District Court Judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Jeannine is adept and experienced in managing all aspects and phases of e-discovery, the complex process of discovering and producing electronically stored information (ESI). She routinely navigates detailed, complex and contentious ESI issues from dispute to resolution, including briefing and arguing e-discovery motions when necessary. As a member of the Sedona Conference’s Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production, Jeannine counsels Hausfeld’s litigation teams in negotiations relating to preservation, search, and production of ESI in cases often involving dozens of defendants, negotiates ESI search terms, technology assisted review (predictive coding) methodologies, and database disclosures and productions, and manages complex document reviews using advanced review analytics to speed discovery.

Clients

Jeannine’s clients run the gamut of industries and include payors of generic drugs, direct purchasers of eggs and potatoes, insurance subscribers, and student athletes, among others.

- In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litig. – Alleging a conspiracy among leading financial institutions to manipulate the foreign exchange market, in which Hausfeld serves as co-lead interim counsel and has obtained more than $2.1 billion in settlements to date.
- In re: Concrete and Cement Additives Antitrust Litigation – Representing a class of direct purchasers of concrete and cement admixtures in a price fixing conspiracy MDL between the world’s largest manufacturers of concrete, cement, and mortar admixtures.
- In re Generic Pharmaceuticals Pricing Antitrust Litig. – Representing a class of end-payers alleging generic drug manufacturers and marketers conspired to unlawful inflate the price of critical medications. Jeannine serves as a court-appointed member of the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee.
- In re Domestic Airline Travel Antitrust Litig. – Alleging major airlines conspired to reduce capacity to artificially inflate the price of domestic air travel, in which Hausfeld serves as interim co-lead counsel.
- In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litig. – Representing subscribers alleging dozens of Blue Cross Blue Shield entities entered into an unlawful agreement not to compete, in which Hausfeld serves as co-lead counsel and discovery chair; Jeannine works primarily on e-discovery in the matter.
- In re Processed Egg Products Antitrust Litig. – Representing egg purchasers alleging egg producers and distributors entered into an unlawful agreement to restrict egg supplies, in which Hausfeld served as co-lead counsel and obtained more than $135 million in settlements, secured class certification of a shell egg class, and obtained summary judgment that eliminated a primary affirmative defense.
- In re Fresh and Process Potatoes Antitrust Litig. – Alleging more than 24 potato growers, distributors, and processor defendants entered into an unlawful agreement to restrict potato supplies to inflate the price. Hausfeld chaired the 10-member Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee and secured a ground-breaking ruling on a novel question of law undermining a key defense in the case, ultimately obtaining a global settlement of nearly $20 million and significant injunctive relief. Jeannine managed the 20-plus defendant case from discovery through resolution, including all e-discovery matters.
- Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum – Jeannine and Hausfeld served as counsel to amicus Nobel prize winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz in support of plaintiffs in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum before the Supreme Court of the United States, in which the plaintiffs alleged domestic and foreign corporations aided and abetted torture, rape, and other violations of international human rights committed by the Nigerian government against its people. At issue on appeal to the Supreme Court was, among other issues, whether corporations could be held liable for violation of internationally recognized human rights under the Alien Tort Statute. Amici argued that the economics and policy arguments against such liability were unfounded and that corporate liability would advance rather than deter investment in developing countries and promote compliance with international human rights norms.
- Nestle v. Doe – Jeannine and Hausfeld served as counsel to amici Oxfam USA and Columbia University economics professors Joseph Stiglitz and Geoffrey Heal in support of plaintiffs in Nestle v. Doe before the Supreme Court of the United States. Plaintiffs in that case alleged certain corporations aided and abetted forced child labor on cocoa plantations in violation of international human rights norms. Amici expanded upon the economic arguments in the Stiglitz amicus brief in Kiobel and argued that liability would not deter proactive efforts by corporations to invest in measures designed to prevent human rights violations in their supply chains.

- In re National Football League Players’ Concussion Injury Litigation – Jeannine served as court-appointed Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel in and represented hundreds of former NFL players suffering from long-term or permanent neurological or cognitive impairments as a result of head injuries during NFL play and who alleged the League hid from them the serious risks of head trauma.
- McCants v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, et al. – Jeannine represented a putative class of former college athletes in who allege the University of North Carolina offered them fraudulent classes and, for decades, concealed that fraud.
- In re Wawa, Inc. Data Security Litigation – Jeannine serves as court-appointed Interim Co-lead Counsel in In re Wawa Data Security Litigation (No. 19-cv-6019, E.D. Pa.) for a proposed class of financial institutions alleging the convenience-store chain’s negligence resulted in a massive data breach, compromising more than 30 million payment cards used at up to 850 store locations on the East Coast.
- Juan Anaya et al. v. Cencora, Inc., et al. – Jeannine serves as court-appointed Co-lead Counsel for a class of plaintiffs whose private information was stolen from Cencora during a data breach.

She really thinks hard about problems in cases and how to resolve them, but she's a great advocate. She really has a strong expertise in dealing with ESI negotiations and protocols and really understanding how the technological side of things works. If there's five stars, but I would give her six.

Chambers US, 2024

Jeannine is a fluent litigator and trial lawyer and a subject-matter expert.

Chambers US, 2023

Jeannine Kenney is noted for her ability to successfully litigate e-discovery matters on behalf of plaintiffs, including in data breaches and antitrust cases, among many others.

Chambers US, 2022

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