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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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Jenner & Block Advises The Campbell Center in Merger Agreement
On June 11, Jenner & Block advised its client The Campbell Center in completing its merger with New Horizons. This merger marks a pivotal moment, uniting two San Fernando Valley, California based non-profits that have each served the neurodiverse community for 70 years. The Campbell Center supports adult individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities through supported employment, community integration services, and residential services.
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.
Jenner Advises Silgan Holdings Inc. in Completing its Acquisition of Weener Plastics Holdings
A Jenner & Block team advised Silgan Holdings Inc. (Silgan) in closing its acquisition of Weener Plastics Holdings B.V., a leading producer of differentiated dispensing solutions for personal care, food, and healthcare products, for an enterprise value of €838 million. Weener operates a global network of 19 facilities predominantly in Europe and the Americas, with approximately 4,000 employees and proprietary manufacturing technologies, including significant clean room capabilities. Silgan enter
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On January 30, 2023, the Biden administration[1] announced that on May 11, 2023 it plans to end the COVID-19 national emergency (Outbreak Period) and public health emergency (Public Health Emergency), which were declared by the Trump administration in 2020. Since their institution, the emergency declarations have been extended many times without indication of a true sunset. Currently, the Outbreak Period will expire on March 1, 2023, and the Public Health Emergency will expire on April 11, 2023
Client Alert: The End of the COVID-19 Emergencies: New Joint Agency FAQs Published
On March 29, 2023, the US Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of the Treasury (the “Joint Agencies”) released welcome guidance on the announced end of the COVID-19 national emergency (“Outbreak Period”) and public health emergency (“Public Health Emergency”).
Client Alert: Additional ARPA COBRA Subsidy Guidance: IRS Issues Notice 2021-46
On July 26, 2021, the IRS published Notice 2021-46 (the Notice), which supplements the guidance provided in Notice 2021-31 regarding the temporary Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) premium assistance1 (COBRA subsidy) established by the American Rescue Plan Act of 20212 (ARPA or the Act). While the Notice is not as expansive as Notice 2021-31,3 it clarifies several lingering questions with respect to the availability of the Act’s COBRA subsidy in “Q&A” format. Notably, the
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On April 26, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published the final HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (Final Rule). The Final Rule became effective June 25, 2024.
For Now, the FTC’s Rule Banning Noncompetes is Still in Place
Contrary to what has been reported in the popular press, the rule broadly banning noncompetes that was issued by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) this past April[1]is not yet dead and may stay alive long enough for it to take effect. Accordingly, employers should consider what steps they may need to take to comply with the rule’s requirement that they notify, with very limited exception, all current and former employees with active noncompetes that their noncompete is no longer in effect by