John B. Kenney

John B. Kenney

Associate

John Kenney is an associate in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s Washington, D.C., office and a member of the firm’s appellate practice.

After law school, John practiced as an associate at a leading international law firm in Washington, D.C. John previously served as a law clerk for the Honorable Ralph R. Erickson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the Honorable Britt C. Grant of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Experience

John Kenney is an associate in Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s Washington, D.C., office and a member of the firm’s appellate practice.

Education

J.D., Stanford Law School, 2016Articles Editor, Stanford Law Review; John Hart Ely Prize for Outstanding Performance, International and Comparative Patent Law
A.B., Philosophy, Columbia University, 2013

Admissions

Bar of the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Credentials

Education

J.D., Stanford Law School, 2016Articles Editor, Stanford Law Review; John Hart Ely Prize for Outstanding Performance, International and Comparative Patent Law
A.B., Philosophy, Columbia University, 2013

Admissions

Bar of the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Recent Insights

Client Highlights

On July 1, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Moody v. NetChoice, LLC and NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton, marking a significant development in the realm of internet regulation and reinforcing the application of longstanding First Amendment principles to the online world. The cases centered around state laws enacted in 2021 by Florida and Texas, both of which target large social media platforms and internet companies. The laws aim to limit platforms' control over content moderation, including filtering and labeling user-generated content, and mandated detailed explanations for content removal or alteration.

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Client Highlights

On March 2, 2023, the Fourth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a securities class action filed against Wilson Sonsini clients MacroGenics, Inc. and its CEO and CFO. The complaint concerned statements made by the defendants regarding the results of MacroGenics’ Phase III clinical trial of a therapeutic used to treat patients with late-stage metastatic breast cancer. The plaintiff alleged that the defendants made misleading statements by disclosing that the clinical trial met one of its primary endpoints (“progression free survival”), but not simultaneously disclosing data regarding another still accruing endpoint (“overall survival”) and stating that overall survival showed a “preliminary positive trend.” In September 2021, Judge Hazel of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland dismissed the complaint with prejudice, finding that the plaintiff failed to plead any actionable misrepresentation or omission and the allegations failed to raise a strong inference of scienter.

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