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Jenner & Block Trial Team Named Litigator of the Week Runners-Up

A Jenner & Block trial team was named Litigator of the Week Runners-Up by The American Lawyer for their work representing Kraft Heinz Co., Kellogg Co., General Mills Inc., and Nestle USA Inc. in antitrust litigation against the nation’s largest egg producers and two industry groups. The team secured $17.7 million in damages and the plaintiffs are entitled to have that amount trebled....READ MORE

Jenner & Block Team Secures $17.7 Million in Damages for Clients Kraft, Kellogg, General Mills, and Nestle

An Illinois federal jury awarded clients Kraft Heinz Co., Kellogg Co., General Mills Inc., and Nestle USA Inc. $17.7 million for the damages they suffered from the overcharges they paid due to a conspiracy to inflate the prices of eggs by the nation’s largest egg producers and two industry groups. The plaintiffs are entitled to have the $17.7 million trebled. ...READ MORE

Jenner & Block Lawyers Secure Verdict Holding Nation's Largest Egg Producers and Industry Groups Liable for Conspiring to Inflate Egg Prices

After a five-week trial, a federal jury in Illinois found that two of the largest egg producers in the nation, Cal-Maine Food and Rose Acre Farms, and two egg trade groups, United Egg Producers and United States Egg Marketers, are liable for conspiring to inflate the prices of eggs from the late 1990s through at least 2008....READ MORE

Protecting Confidential Legal Information: A Handbook Analyzing Issues under the Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine (2023 edition)

Jenner & Block has published the 2023 edition of Protecting Confidential Legal Information: A Handbook Analyzing Issues under the Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine, a comprehensive look at issues related to attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine. First published in 1984, the guide remains one of the firm’s most popular publications and an invaluable resource....READ MORE

“4 Trends In Discoverability Of Litigation Funding Documents,” Law360

In this article, Jenner & Block Partner Michele L. Slachetka and Associate Christian Plummer examine the key decisions and trends that have emerged from US courts regarding the discoverability (or lack thereof) of litigation funding materials. Revisiting their previous article, the authors address a discoverability issue unique to the international arbitration space and describe how recent decisions remain consistent with the trends they identified one year ago, “as courts have continued to ta...READ MORE

“Are Litigation Funding Documents Protected from Discovery?” Law360

In this article, Jenner & Block Partner Michele L. Slachetka and Associate Christian Plummer explain that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an increase in inquiries from law firms interested in exploring the possibility of using funding to hedge risk and add balance sheet stability to help combat the unpredictability.  Lawyers new to litigation funding may have questions regarding the discoverability and protection of materials shared with a funder. The authors summarize the trends that have...READ MORE