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Jenner & Block Helps OB-GYNs in Idaho Navigate the Post-Dobbs World

When the Dobbs decision was announced, Jenner & Block mobilized to help guide clients though the myriad issues at the intersection of law and policy. Partner Lindsay Harrison, working with Partner Aaron Cooper and associate Andrew Plague, is representing several obstetricians who have provided evidentiary support to the US Department of Justice’s lawsuit challenging the lawfulness of Idaho’s abortion ban....READ MORE

Honoring the 50th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

January 22, 2023, marked the 50th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling that guaranteed the federal constitutional right to abortion. It has been seven months since that decision was overturned....READ MORE

How a Federal Shutdown Would Affect Enforcement, Investigations, Bloomberg Law

With the government’s annual funding package set to expire Sept. 30 and no spending compromise in sight, the federal government appears headed for an imminent shutdown....READ MORE

Client Alert: First House China Committee Hearing Previews Its Investigative Agenda

On February 28, 2023, The Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party held its long anticipated first hearing. The hearing, which lasted approximately three hours, served as a preview for the Committee’s investigative interests, which include US company activities in the China market, China’s human rights and free speech abuses, and countering China’s increasing aggression toward Taiwan....READ MORE

Client Alert: New Year Brings New Guidance Related to Medication Abortion

The federal government started 2023 by clarifying important legal issues surrounding the use of medications for abortions. These changes come after much uncertainty—and controversy—around the availability of medication abortion triggered by the US Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to overturn Roe v. Wade. ...READ MORE