Jillian N. London

Jillian London is a partner in the Century City office of Gibson Dunn. She practices in the firm’s Litigation, Media, Entertainment & Technology, Class Actions, and Appellate and Constitutional Law Practice Groups. Jillian is a member of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee.

Jillian has extensive experience litigating all stages of complex commercial disputes in the entertainment and technology sectors, from pre-litigation counseling through trial and appeal.  She has represented corporate and individual clients in the media, entertainment, and technology industries in a wide range of litigation in state and federal courts, including in breach of contract, class action, unfair competition, First Amendment, and antitrust matters.  Jillian also regularly advises clients on media relations and media legal issues in the context of high-profile litigation and commercial disputes.

Jillian was named one of Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports, and Media Lawyers. She has also been recognized in 2024 by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Entertainment and Sports Law, and Appellate Practice, and by The Legal 500 for Media and Entertainment: Litigation. She was also named in Variety’s Hollywood’s New Leaders list for 2023.

Representative Matters:

• Achieved a complete victory for a confidential client in a multi-million dollar profit participation arbitration after a two-week hearing.
• Defeated certification in full of a class of printer owners bringing claims against Hewlett Packard Inc. relating to the use of color ink in printing.
• Represented AMC in profit participation and breach of contract litigations and arbitrations concerning the television series, The Walking Dead.
• Represented a major technology company in multidistrict class action litigation related to consumer fraud claims, which resulted in a favorable settlement for the client.
• Represented a major entertainment company in an arbitration concerning a television series breach of contract dispute that arose in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Represented a major pharmaceutical company in a purported “reverse payment” antitrust action in which direct and indirect purchasers sought billions of dollars in damages.
• Secured dismissal of a breach of fiduciary duty action against the Trustee of a billion-dollar Estate.
• Represented a major technology company in a putative class action concerning misclassification of its workers.
• Represented an entertainment company in relation to a prior contractual dispute over the rights in certain music recordings.
• Secured a new trial for an automobile manufacturer in a dispute with a former motor vehicle franchisee after a jury had awarded $256 million in damages.
• Obtained affirmance from the Eleventh Circuit of a summary judgment ruling in favor of a for-profit educational institution against False Claims Act allegations.

Jillian received her law degree magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2013, where she was a technical editor for the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review and the President of the Board of Student Advisers, and received the Dean’s Award for Community Leadership. She graduated magna cum laude in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Harvard College and received a Master of Science with Distinction in Philosophy & Public Policy from the London School of Economics & Political Science in 2008. After obtaining her Master of Science degree, Jillian worked as a researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, on a nationwide mental health campaign.

Prior to joining the firm, Jillian served as a law clerk to The Honorable Chester J. Straub in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and to The Honorable Claire C. Cecchi in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. She also worked as a litigation associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York.

Jillian is a board member of the Western Justice Center. She also serves on the board of KEEN Los Angeles and the Harvard Law School Association of Los Angeles. She also maintains an active pro bono practice, including filing amicus briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Courts of Appeal and representing individuals and organizations with immigration, First Amendment, and other constitutional law related issues.

Jillian is a member of the California and New York bars. She is admitted to practice before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Eleventh Circuits, as well as the United States District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of California and the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Capabilities

• Litigation
• Antitrust and Competition
• Appellate and Constitutional Law
• Class Actions
• Consumer and Retail
• Intellectual Property
• Media, Entertainment, and Technology
• Trials

Credentials

Education:

• Harvard University - 2013 Juris Doctor
• London School of Economics & Political Science - 2008 Master of Science
• Harvard University - 2007 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• California Bar
• New York Bar

Clerkships:

• US Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, Hon. Chester J. Straub, 2016 - 2017
• USDC, New Jersey, Hon. Claire C Cecchi, 2013 - 2014