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.

EVENTS

The 2024 Sedona Conference Working Group 1, Mid-Year Meeting

2024 Epiq’s Class of Our Own: Litigating Women’s Summit

20 mai 2024

ASU-Arkfeld eDiscovery, Law, and Technology Conference 2024

05 mars 2024

Epiq’s Class of Our Own Women’s Summit

07 mai 2023

The Sedona Conference Working Group 1, Mid-Year Meeting

28 avr. 2023

The Sedona Conference: Working Group 1 Annual Meeting

27 oct. 2022

American Bar Association: Antitrust Masters Course

21 oct. 2022

ASU-Arkfeld eDiscovery, Law, and Technology Conference 2022

11 oct. 2022

The Sedona Conference Working Group 1 Annual Meeting 2021

20 oct. 2021

ABA Section of Antitrust Law, Civil Practice and Procedure Committee: Discovery Nuts and Bolts Series

01 juin 2021

"WiE New York | Negotiating ESI Protocols - Panel Discussion - CLE & Dinner," Women in eDiscovery | NYC-Chapter (November 2023), Panelist
"Discovery Sanctions," AAJ Annual Meeting (July 2023), Panelist
"Latest Policy & Rule Updates," Complex Litigation e-Discovery Forum (March 2023), Discussion Leader
“Class Certification,” and “Pleading and Proving Conspiracy” ABA Antitrust Masters Course (Oct. 2022), Panelist
"Rule 37(e) - Establishing Spoliation and Appropriate Remedies" and "Trust But Verify, But How?" ASU - Arkfeld eDiscovery, Law, and Technology Conference (Oct. 2022), Panelist
"The Great Native v. TIFF Debate," Complex Litigation eDiscovery Forum (Oct. 2020), Discussion Leader
"Reinventing the Privilege Log," Sedona Conference Working Group 1 Annual Meeting (Oct. 2020), Panelist
"eDiscovery Special Masters: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," Arizona State University-Arkfeld eDiscovery, Law and Technology Conference (March 2020), Speaker
"eDiscovery Negotiation Training (eDNT) program," The Sedona Conference 2020 (Feb. 2020), Faculty
"Fifth Annual (2019) Judicial Training Symposium," hosted by the Federal Judicial Center and Electronic Discovery Institute (Oct. 2019), Faculty
"Hot Button Issues in Negotiating ESI Protocols," The Sedona Conference Working Group 1 Annual Meeting (Oct. 2019), Dialogue Leader
"Hot Topics with ESI Protocols," Complex Litigation E-Discovery Forum (Sept. 2019), Presenter
"Perspectives on the Impact of the 2015 Rule 25 Amendments," The Duke Law Bolch Judicial Institute's Distinguished Lawyers Conference on Evaluating the 2015 Rule 26 Discovery-Proportionality Amendments and Bolch-Duke Guidelines and Best Practices (June 2019), Panelist
"TAR Unstuck: Choosing the Right Tool, Using It Wisely, and Negotiating an Effective TAR Protocol," Eighth Annual ASU-Arkfeld eDiscovery and Digital Evidence Conference (March 2019), Panelist
"eDiscovery Negotiation Training (eDNT) program," The Sedona Conference 2019 (Feb. 2019), Faculty
"Food Supply Chains: Integration, Globalization, and What it Means for Competition and Stability," American Antitrust Institute Food and Agriculture Competition Roundtable (Dec. 2018), Moderator
"Fourth Annual Judicial Training Symposium," hosted by the Federal Judicial Center and Electronic Discovery Institute (Nov. 2018), Faculty
"Coaches Corner," Georgetown University Law Center eDiscovery Training Academy (2016, 2017) Presenter
"eDiscovery Coach", Georgetown University Law Center eDiscovery Training Academy, (2015- 2017), Faculty
"Engaging the Disinterested Judge," Georgetown Advanced E-Discovery Institute (Nov. 2017), Panelist
"Game On: Ethics & eDiscovery," Georgetown Advanced E-Discovery Institute (Nov. 2016), Panelist
"Agriculture & Food Litigation Roundup: Updates and Perspectives on Active Antitrust Cases in the Agriculture and Food Sectors," American Bar Association (2015 and 2016), Panelist
"Where Does the Buck Stop? The Latest in Cost Shifting," Georgetown Advanced E-Discovery Institute (Nov. 2016), Panelist
"Essential Checklist for E-Discovery," D.C. Bar CLE Program (May 2015), Panelist
"So How Exactly is Plaintiffs' Side E-Discovery Practice Different?," D.C. Bar E-Discovery Committee Meeting (Jan. 2015), Speaker
"ESI Discovery," NCLC Consumer Class Action Symposium (2013)

- 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 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.

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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