“How to Protect Your Trade Secrets in an Employee Context,” IPLAC Trade Secrets Summit

Jenner & Block Partners Debbie L. Berman and April A. Otterberg will join this conversation at the IPLAC Trade Secrets Summit. Ms. Berman will speak as a panelist, and Ms. Otterberg will moderate the discussion. Their session will be held from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm CT. Ms. Berman is co-chair of the firm’s Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants Practice. She has deep experience in trade secrets matters, including litigating the seminal inevitable disclosure matter, PepsiCo V. Redmond, as well as other complex commercial disputes and defamation and First Amendment-related tort cases. Ms. Otterberg is a member of the firm’s Professional Responsibility Practice and the Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants Practice. Ms. Otterberg litigates complex business disputes, including cases involving trade secrets and restrictive covenants and professional liability matters involving the defense of law firms and other professionals. She is also the longtime co-author of the firm’s outline of Illinois trade secrets law.

“How to Protect Your Trade Secrets in an Employee Context,” IPLAC Trade Secrets Summit

Jenner & Block Partners Debbie L. Berman and April A. Otterberg will join this conversation at the IPLAC Trade Secrets Summit. Ms. Berman will speak as a panelist, and Ms. Otterberg will moderate the discussion. Their session will be held from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm CT. Ms. Berman is co-chair of the firm’s Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants Practice. She has deep experience in trade secrets matters, including litigating the seminal inevitable disclosure matter, PepsiCo V. Redmond, as well as other complex commercial disputes and defamation and First Amendment-related tort cases. Ms. Otterberg is a member of the firm’s Professional Responsibility Practice and the Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants Practice. Ms. Otterberg litigates complex business disputes, including cases involving trade secrets and restrictive covenants and professional liability matters involving the defense of law firms and other professionals. She is also the longtime co-author of the firm’s outline of Illinois trade secrets law.

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Amanda Shafer Berman to Speak on Energy and Administrative Law at WEN-DC Webinar

As the Supreme Court's new Term begins, Jenner & Block Partner Amanda Shafer Berman will join a Women's Energy Network of Washington, DC (WEN-DC) webinar on how the Court's decisions are shaping the energy sector.

October 14, 2026

Publications

Partner Amanda Shafer Berman Quoted in Bloomberg Law on Senate Permitting Overhaul Bill

Partner Amanda Shafer Berman was quoted in an October 5 Bloomberg Law article, "Permitting Deal Gives Projects Defense Against Litigation Delays," on the Senate's new permitting overhaul package and its expected impact on litigation over federal permitting reversals.

October 2026

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Partner John Storino to Speak at Sandpiper Partners' “AI and Outside Counsel Guidelines Roundtable”

On October 8, Partner John Storino will serve as a panelist at the “AI and Outside Counsel Guidelines Roundtable,” hosted by Sandpiper Partners in Chicago.

October 8, 2026

Event

Partner Meghan Greenfield to Speak on Supreme Court Climate Case at Edison Electric Institute's Fall Legal Conference

On Wednesday, October 7, Partner Meghan Greenfield will speak on a panel titled "Boulder County v. Suncor Energy: What the Supreme Court's Climate Case Means for the Energy Industry" at the Edison Electric Institute's Fall Legal Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.

October 7, 2026

Publications

The Form Rules Everything: A Seventh Circuit Ruling on ERISA's Substantial Compliance Doctrine

Partner Joseph Torres and Special Counsel Jennifer Beach authored an article for Employee Relations Law Journal examining the Seventh Circuit's decision in Packaging Corp. of America Thrift Plan for Hourly Employees v. Langdon, a ruling that addresses both the standard of review in ERISA interpleader actions and the continued viability of the substantial compliance doctrine for changing plan beneficiaries.

October 5, 2026