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Jenner & Block Named a Top 3 Firm in Law360's 2025-2026 US Supreme Court Scorecard

Jenner & Block ranked among the top three firms in Law360's annual scorecard of which firms argued most frequently before the US Supreme Court during the 2025–26 term.

Advocating for Justice in 9/11 Guantanamo Case

In January 2025, on behalf of the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT), the oldest and largest torture rehabilitation organization in the United States, Katya Jestin, Matthew Hellman, Ian Moss, and Mary-Claire Spurgin filed an amicus brief in support of a petition for mandamus to the DC Circuit.  The amicus brief advocated for the reinstatement of plea agreements entered by the accused co-conspirators of the 9/11 attacks in the 9/11 Guantanamo Military Commission case.  In August 2024, the plea a...READ MORE

Jenner & Block Secures Rare Double Appellate Victory for Client Marriott International

This week, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a complete victory for Marriott, reversing for the second time a district court’s certification of what would have been the largest class action arising from a data security incident in US history. If the ruling had been allowed to stand, the district court’s class certification order would have had enormous implications for class litigation, multidistrict litigation, and class-action waivers....READ MORE

Jenner & Block’s Appellate Practice Named Finalist for 2025 National Law Journal’s Appellate Hot List

Jenner & Block’s Appellate Practice has been recognized as a finalist for the National Law Journal’s 2025 Appellate Hot List. This award highlights law firms that have handled exemplary appellate matters....READ MORE

Lawdragon Names 29 Jenner & Block Partners to 2026 “500 Leading Litigators in America” List

Twenty-nine Jenner & Block partners have been named to Lawdragon’s 2026 “500 Leading Litigators in America” list. The award honors lawyers who have excelled in commercial litigation, product liability, mass torts, securities and other fiduciary litigation, white collar and investigations, administrative proceedings, class actions, antitrust, energy and technology disputes, intellectual property, trademark and patent wars....READ MORE

Matt Hellman and Lindsay Harrison Secure Top Spot as The American Lawyer’s Litigators of the Week

Partners Matt Hellman and Lindsay Harrison earned the prestigious title of Litigators of the Week from The American Lawyer for their second Fourth Circuit victory on behalf of Marriott....READ MORE

"Struck from a jury for being Black?" The Washington Post Op-Ed Calls for Supreme Court to Take Up Client's Case

“The Supreme Court has long held that the Constitution prohibits prosecutors from striking Black people from jury service based on their race. Yet the practice continues….” In a powerful op-ed published by The Washington Post, the former director of the Southern Center for Human Rights, Stephen Bright, calls for the US Supreme Court to take up the case of Jenner & Block’s client, Warren King....READ MORE

Client Alert: SCOTUS Denies Cert in Case about Preemption When Military Contractors Perform Combat-Related Functions: United States Suggests That “Arising Out Of” Combatant Activities is Highly Fact-Specific Analysis

Recently, the Supreme Court denied certiorari in Midwest Air Traffic Control Service, Inc. v. Badilla, No. 21-867, a case about the scope of federal preemption of state law claims when government contractors perform combat-related functions. The Supreme Court’s denial lets stand the decision of the Second Circuit requiring that military contractors “show the military specifically authorized or directed the action giving rise to the claim.”[1] It follows a brief from the United States recommendin...READ MORE

Client Alert: Affirmative Action up for Judgment? US Supreme Court Grants Cases Seeking to Prohibit Consideration of Race in College Admissions

Yesterday, the Supreme Court today agreed to hear a pair of cases asking the Court to overrule its precedents governing the consideration of race in college admissions. One case concerns admissions at Harvard College, and the other concerns admissions at the University of North Carolina. In both cases, the petitioner, Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), alleged that the university engaged in racial discrimination against Asian-American applicants. And in each case, the lower courts rejected tho...READ MORE

CLE Relay 2026 — Session 4 — US Supreme Court Term in Review

Jenner & Block's appellate lawyers review the most consequential cases from the 2025–2026 Supreme Court term. This session covers high-profile decisions and pending matters addressing presidential power, agency independence, birthright citizenship, voting rights, and other significant constitutional and federal law questions before the Court....READ MORE

CLE Relay 2023 – Session 7 – US Supreme Court Term in Review

The CLE will discuss recent developments at the Court, including Justice Jackson’s first Term, the fall-out from key decisions of last term, and recent high-profile discussion of the Court in the media and in Congress. The panel will also discuss prominent cases from the current term, including cases addressing college admissions, elections, religion, internet regulation, and trademark....READ MORE

Students for Fair Admissions: Immediate Post-Decision Analysis Webinar

On June 29, 2023, Jenner & Block hosted a webinar immediately following the US Supreme Court’s decisions in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard/University of North Carolina (SFFA). In the webinar, Partners Ishan Bhabha, Lauren Hartz, and Matthew Hellman analyzed the decision and provided their perspectives on its scope, the immediate consequences for institutions of higher education, and what to expect next with regard to litigation and enforcement....READ MORE