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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
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Recognition
Chicago Bar Association Names Jenner & Block Law Firm of the Year
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Jenner & Block Secures Summary Judgment Victory Protecting $9 Billion in University Research Funding
Jenner & Block achieved a comprehensive summary judgment victory for the Association of American Universities and leading research institutions when the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts struck down the Department of Defense's controversial "Rate Cap Policy" that threatened approximately $9 billion in annual federal research funding to universities nationwide.
Jenner & Block Secures Victories Protecting Research Funding at Higher Education Institutions
In major back-to-back victories for research in quantum computing, AI, cybersecurity, semiconductors, and other technologies vital to national security and competitiveness, Jenner & Block secured critical court orders halting federal funding cuts at US universities.
A Jenner & Block team advised Saothair Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in middle-market manufacturing and industrial companies, in their acquisition of a majority equity stake in Pioneer Window Holdings, Inc (“Pioneer”) through a newly-formed affiliate.
Recognitions
Jenner & Block DC Earns 29 Chambers USA 2026 Rankings Across 16 Practice Areas
Chambers USA 2026 has recognized Jenner & Block’s Washington, DC office as a hub of legal excellence, with 29 individual lawyers ranked across 16 key practice areas.
Chambers USA 2025 has recognized Jenner & Block’s Washington, DC office as a hub of legal excellence, with 27 individual lawyers ranked across 16 key practice areas.
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
“AI Music Raises Fresh Copyright Issues for Lawyers,” Daily Journal
In an article for the Daily Journal, Partner Steve Englund and Associate Eric Wolff discussed how the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the music-making process affects copyright protection.
Jenner & Block Lawyers Author Copyright Analysis in Lexology’s Panoramic: Copyright 2025
Partners Steve Englund, Andrew J. Thomas, and Lauren M. Greene authored the US analysis and introductory Global Overview in Lexology’s Panoramic: Copyright 2025. The authors discussed the evolution of the copyright legal landscape in response to technological advances.
How Biden's AI Order Stacks Up Against Calif. And G7 Activity, Law360
President Biden has signed a long-awaited executive order that builds upon the Biden Administration’s previously released, non-binding Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, and seeks to catalyze both agency action and congressional legislation on artificial intelligence in the coming months. The Federal AI Executive Order covers a myriad of concerns that have been raised relating to AI – from cybersecurity to anti-discrimination to competition.
Client Alerts
On May 9, 2025, the US Copyright Office released a “pre-publication version” of Part 3 of its report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (the Report).[1]This much-anticipated Report focuses on use of copyrighted works in the development of generative AI systems, and particularly (1) AI training-related activities that implicate copyrights, (2) the circumstances in which AI training may or may not qualify as fair use, and (3) licensing of copyrighted works for AI training. This is the culmin
On February 11, 2025, Judge Bibas of the Third Circuit, sitting by designation in the US District Court for the District of Delaware, issued a decision granting partial summary judgment to Thomson Reuters in the closely watched case of Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH v. Ross Intelligence Inc. Judge Bibas revisited his 2023 decision largely denying summary judgment in the case due to disputed facts,[1]and the new decision is the first time a U.S. court has reached a conclusion concerning t
US Copyright Office Issues Report on Copyrightability of Works Incorporating AI-Generated Material
On January 29, 2025, the US Copyright Office issued a long-awaited report on the copyrightability of works consisting of or incorporating material generated by artificial intelligence (AI) systems.[1]The report is broadly consistent with copyright registration guidance the Office provided in 2023,[2]but recognizes that AI is increasingly being used in the creation of works in a wide variety of ways that require nuanced and fact-specific analysis to determine the scope of copyright protection.[3]