Jacqueline Harrington

• Fluoropolymer processor as national counsel in defense of personal injury actions alleging exposure to PFAS from personal protective equipment.
• GSK in two class action lawsuits for alleged false advertising of its natural line of Chapstick products (NDCA, SDNY).
• An American multinational manufacturer as national counsel in all lawsuits that have been filed across the country alleging that plaintiffs developed personal injuries such as mesothelioma from the use of certain consumer products that allegedly were contaminated with asbestos.
• An investor-owned utility in hundreds of lawsuits arising out of the unprecedented 2017 and 2018 California wildfires, one of the largest and most complex sets of mass tort litigation in recent years.
• An American software company in environmental litigation brought under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), relating to the environmental remediation of Wisconsin’s Fox River and Michigan’s Kalamazoo river.
• A technology company in actions filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery by a shareholder seeking inspection of books and records.  

*Includes matters handled at Dechert or prior to joining the firm.

• Examining New Proposed MDL Rule Changes and What They Will Mean for Practitioners  – American Conference Institute: Drug & Medical Device Litigation (December 6, 2022)
  
• Association of Corporate Counsel – Ethics and Compliance CLE Institute: The Attorney-Client Privilege and the Role of In-House Lawyers (Aug. 3, 2022)

Lexology Panoramic: Product Liability 2024 (October 2024)

Pratt’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Law Report, Volume 9, Number 2 - U.S. Supreme Court to Decide When Attorney-Client Communications That Contain “Hybrid” Legal and Business Advice Are Protected by the Attorney-Client Privilege (2023)

UMKC Law Review - JPML Process: A Defendant’s Perspective (2021) 

Remote Depositions: From Rare to Routine – dri RX For The Defense (2020)

Michigan Law Review - “Once Victim, Always victim”: Compensated Individuals Under the Amended Sentencing Guidelines on Fraud (2009)