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Jenner & Block Secures Trial Victory for Chance the Rapper
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Recognition
Jenner & Block Named Law Firm of the Year, Earned Additional Honors Across Categories by The American Lawyer 2025 Industry Awards
Recognition
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Chicago Bar Association Names Jenner & Block Law Firm of the Year
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Debbie Berman and Stephen Ascher Discuss Implications of New York’s Proposed Ban on Noncompetes
Partners Debbie Berman and Stephen Ascher are quoted extensively in an article that examines the future of non-competes under New York law.
Jenner & Block Team Receives Honorable Mention for Pro Bono Support
The New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) recognized Partners Stephen Ascher and Brian Scarbrough and Associate Sarah Atkinson for their support in two recent pro bono matters. In Burks v. Gotham, a class action suit filed on behalf of over 3,000 New York City consumers, the team provided background information consultation to the Special Litigation Unit on multiple issues, including advice on a liability insurance issue. Thanks to the firm’s support, NYLAG reached a $1.35 million settlement i
Long-Running Real Estate Dispute Ends with Summary Judgment for Greystone Special Servicing
A Jenner & Block team led by Partner Stephen Ascher won summary judgment in a long-running real estate dispute for client Greystone Special Servicing (f/k/a C-III), who handles defaulted loans in a commercial mortgage-backed securities trust.
Recognitions
Jenner & Block’s New York Office Earns Top Honors in Chambers USA 2026 for Commercial Litigation, White-Collar Litigation, Media & Entertainment, and Intellectual Property
In the 2025 edition of Chambers USA, Jenner & Block’s New York office is recognized for excellence across four ranked practice areas and multiple highly ranked lawyers.
Chambers USA Recognizes 59 Jenner & Block Lawyers Across 39 Categories
Chambers and Partners published the 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, recognizing 59 Jenner & Block lawyers in 39 categories.
Publications
Partners Stephen Ascher and Charles Riely and Associate Shailee Diwanji Sharma co-authored an article for Private Equity Law Report examining the regulatory and litigation risks facing the private credit industry as valuation practices come under increasing scrutiny.
Recent First Department Ruling Expands Lender Options Under One-Action Rule
When mortgage defaults occur, lenders have traditionally faced a stark choice under New York's One-Action Rule, but a recent First Department decision may be changing the game. In a December 2025 New York Law Journal article, Partner Stephen Ascher and Special Counsel Abraham Salander examine how U.S. Bank v. Mave Hotel Investors creates a strategic exception that could reshape lender remedies.
In their article for Cannabis Business Executive, Partner Stephen Ascher and Associate Anna Windemuth examine how the unique legal status of the cannabis business creates a thorny problem for litigants. The complicating factor stems from the business being legal in most states but illegal under federal law. The authors discuss the circumstances under which federal courts will either assert or decline jurisdiction over cannabis-related commercial disputes. They also provide practical guidance not
Client Alerts
Latest Supreme Court Term Presents New Challenges for SEC
The Supreme Court’s most recent term has forced the SEC to face new realities regarding its powers. As has been widely publicized, the Supreme Court’s overruling of Chevron in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo highlighted that the agency would no longer receive deference when interpreting statutes. And in SEC v. Jarkesy, the Supreme Court held that the SEC’s in-house adjudication process cannot be used to hear fraud cases brought by the agency. These decisions are just the latest evidence tha
On April 12, 2024, in Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L.P., the US Supreme Court held that a company’s mere failure to disclose information required by management’s discussion and analysis (Item 303 of SEC Regulation S-K) cannot support a private action under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b–5(b). Instead, Rule 10b–5(b) allows private suits based only on affirmative misrepresentations and “half-truths” that are misleading because they omit criti
When do controlling stockholders, exercising their voting power or selling stock, owe fiduciary duties to a Delaware corporation and its minority stockholders? This thorny question in corporate law may have a new answer following a new landmark decision by the Delaware Court of Chancery.