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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 served as lead counsel to Chapter 11 Trustee, Claudia Z. Springer, Principal of Novo Advisors (Novo), in the bankruptcy cases of Epic! Creations, Inc., Neuron Fuel, Inc., and Tangible Play, Inc. Working closely with Novo as the Trustee’s financial advisor, Jenner as main counsel, and a number of other teams, Springer led the Novo team to restore employee confidence, fill gaps in the management team, and ultimately successfully sell the business for more than $97 million in just ov
With counsel from a Corporate Practice team, The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) and Albertsons Companies Inc. (NYSE: ACI) have entered into a definitive agreement with C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC for the sale of select stores, banners, distribution centers, offices, and private label brands as a key step in their merger process.
Client Albertsons Agrees to Merge with Kroger
In a high-profile transaction that received coverage around the US, Albertsons and Kroger announced last week that the supermarket chains would merge into a combined company with an expanded customer reach of about 85 million households. Valued at $25 billion, the deal is one of the largest this year. It is expected to close in early 2024.
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Lawdragon Names Eight Jenner & Block Partners to 2026 “500 Leading Dealmakers in America” List
Lawdragon has named eight Jenner & Block partners to its 2026 “500 Leading Dealmakers in America” list. The award honors lawyers who “shake the world with the deals they make happen” and whose “mere presence can make or break a deal.”
Edward Prokop Named a 2022 "Rising Star" by New York Law Journal
The New York Law Journal named Partner Edward L. Prokop a 2022 Rising Star. The Rising Star award recognizes “the region’s most promising lawyers 40 and younger.” Mr. Prokop is a co-chair of the Jenner & Block’s Corporate and Cross-Border Transactions Practices.
Crain’s New York Business recognized Partner Edward L. Prokop among leaders who “are shaping companies and institutions in the New York metropolitan area – in both the nonprofit and private sectors.”
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On June 8, 2020—shortly after announcing the program was set to launch—the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (Federal Reserve) announced material changes to some of the key terms for the “Main Street” lending program.[1] As of June 15, 2020, months after it was first announced, the program is finally operational.
Client Alert: Ready for Launch? An Analysis of the Federal Reserve’s Main Street Lending Facilities
UPDATE: The Federal Reserve Board issued substantive updates to the program on June 8, 2020, after this alert was originally published. As a result, some of the information below no longer reflects the current terms of the program. We will soon be posting a revised version of this alert including the relevant updates.
On April 9, 2020, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (Federal Reserve) announced an array of new and expanded programs designed to ease the economic dislocation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, these programs will provide up to $2.3 trillion in funding to support the flow of credit to US businesses of all sizes, individual households, and state and local governments. Although these programs in many ways mirror those established by the Federal Reserve after the 2008 financi