2026 US Midterm Elections

On November 17, Partner Terri Mascherin will deliver this year’s Pope & John Lecture on Professionalism at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. Her talk, entitled “Can We Be Civil in Uncivil Times?”, will begin at 12:15 pm CT.

Partners Rachel Alpert and Rob Dalling will each moderate a panel at the Global Economics Sanctions Conference in London from November 12 to 13.

Voters across the country made their voices heard at the polls on Tuesday—and did so loudly. Although a few races remain uncalled, the breakdown of the new Congress is clear: Democrats have won control of the House and Senate, and they will have access to new investigative tools to pursue their agenda of investigating allegations of corruption and addressing affordability issues, among other topics. These client alerts cover the incoming leaders at key House and Senate committees and their respe

Voters across the country made their voices heard at the polls on Tuesday. Democrats have won the House, and their stated priorities of investigating allegations of corruption and the causes of affordability challenges will take center stage in the next Congress. 

Voters across the country made their voices heard at the polls on Tuesday—and did so resoundingly. In addition to taking control of the House, Democrats overcame a challenging map and won a majority in the Senate, including in some states once unthinkable. Senate Democrats’ stated priorities of investigating allegations of corruption and the causes of affordability challenges will likely take center stage. The Democratic-led Senate will also be in a position to exert leverage on President Trump’

As state attorneys general (AGs) continue to fill the enforcement void left by federal regulators, this midterm cycle showed candidates in both parties focused on consumer-facing enforcement, with affordability, cost-of-living pressures, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) safety guardrails featured prominently across races. Of the 31 AG seats on Tuesday’s ballots (including the District of Columbia), 20 had an incumbent seeking re-election, and 11 were open seats. Although results are not yet fina

Jenner & Block Partner David Kroeger will serve as co-chair of the International Bar Association (IBA) Insurance Committee. His two-year term begins January 1, 2027. 

A London start-up is stopped in its tracks by a regulator’s misreading of the rules. A global organization defending free expression needs counsel it can rely on, year after year. For the lawyers at Jenner & Block, these aren’t abstract problems. They’re calls to action.

On October 19, 2026, the US Supreme Court granted certiorari in Association for Education Fairness v. Montgomery County Board of Education, No. 26-12, an Equal Protection challenge to the lottery system a Maryland school district uses to admit students to its selective magnet middle schools. It marks the first time the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case concerning race in admissions since its landmark 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard Coll

Partner Joanna Ludlam joined an International Forum of Senior Executive Advisers (IFSEA) podcast episode, titled “Memory, Perception and the Search for Truth: Why Memory Fails in Executive Investigations,” to discuss how investigators establish facts when human memory is not an accurate recording of events.

On October 22, 2026, the US Department of the Treasury released its proposed rule to implement the outbound investment provisions of the Comprehensive Outbound Investment National Security (COINS) Act. Comments are due by December 7, 2026.

Every day, legal problems keep people from fully participating in their communities and in civic life. A family waits more than a decade for safety. A young person loses housing she is legally entitled to. Students are told what they cannot read. Children are held alone in cells. For the lawyers at Jenner & Block, these aren’t abstract problems. They’re calls to action.