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Jenner & Block Secures Trial Victory for Chance the Rapper
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Jenner & Block Named Law Firm of the Year, Earned Additional Honors Across Categories by The American Lawyer 2025 Industry Awards
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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.
SFFA One-Year Later: Analyzing and Defending Corporate DEI Programs
Leading companies and institutions recognize the value of diverse perspectives and the imperative of aligning decision-making processes with core values. Yet, today’s DEI landscape is fraught with legal and reputational risks.
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.
Partner Lauren Hartz Named Among Next Generation of Leaders by Corporate Counsel
Partner Lauren Hartz has been recognized as a recipient of Corporate Counsel's 2026 Women, Influence & Power in Law Award (WIPL) in the Next Generation of Leaders category. The award recognizes women lawyers under age 40 who have made meaningful contributions to the profession, their clients, and community around them.
Jenner & Block was named Law Firm of the Year and honored in several different categories by The American Lawyer at the 2025 Industry Awards. These awards recognize “the legal industry's most impactful and important work of the past year.”
Publications
Lauren Hartz Speaks with Fortune About the Future of DEI Litigation
Organizational Values and Strategy Task Force Co-Chair Lauren Hartz spoke with Fortune about the future of DEI litigation in an article about the lawsuit against Southwest Airlines for its now discontinued ¡Lánzate!" Program. The program, which provided free flights to Hispanic college students to visit their families, was recently targeted by the American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER).
“What Higher Education Can Expect from a Second Trump Administration,” Law360
In a recent analysis provided to Law360, Co-Managing Partner-Elect Ishan Bhabha, Partners Lauren Hartz, Emily Loeb, and Gail Morse, and Associates Hilary Ledwell, Michelle Li, and Erica Turret discuss the potential impact of the 2024 US election results on higher education, particularly with the incoming Trump-Vance Administration. Several areas of higher education policy are expected to be affected, including: DEI, campus protests, Title IX, federal funding and taxes, and foreign relationships.
One Year Later: The Implications of SFFA for Corporate America
On June 29, 2024, one year passed since the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), which overturned fifty years of legal precedent in striking down the race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard College and University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Although the actual legal applicability of the decision was largely confined to educational institutions and recipients of federal funds, the rationale behind the Court’s decision—and its very stringent applicatio
Client Alerts
New Year, Renewed Focus on False Claims Act Risks for Recipients of US Funds
In the waning hours of 2025, news broke that the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) had sent Civil Investigative Demands (“CIDs”) to investigate and potentially bring actions against federal contractors, grant recipients, and other entities receiving federal funds for maintaining so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) programs. Reporting notes that DOJ issued CIDs pursuant to its False Claims Act (“FCA”) authority (31 U.S.C. § 3729-3733) to companies across a variety of sectors of the US
What to Expect in 2026 for Higher Education
After a year of significant upheaval for higher education institutions, additional changes are on the horizon in 2026. The most recent Unified Agenda, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and other developments mean additional changes for—as outlined below—civil rights enforcement, admissions, foreign gift reporting, accreditation, visa requirements and eligibility, grant funding, student loans, patent revenue, and student privacy. Understanding and anticipating these developments will help position
DOJ Eliminates Disparate-Impact Liability Under Title VI. What’s Next?
On December 9, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) published a final rule rejecting the use of disparate-impact liability, i.e., holding entities liable for discrimination due to a policy’s disproportionate effect on a certain group, even without evidence of intentional discrimination. The rule removes such liability from its regulations implementing Title VI,1the statute that prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in programs that receive federal financial assistanc
Events
What’s Next for DEI: Unpacking the New Administration’s Executive Orders
“‘Hot Speech’ on Campus and in the Profession in Times of Turbulence,” New York City Bar Association
On March 28, Partners Susan Kohlmann and Lauren Hartz will speak at the New York City Bar Association’s “Hot Speech on Campus and in the Profession in Times of Turbulence” Presidential Program.