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Jenner & Block Secures Trial Victory for Chance the Rapper
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Recognition
Jenner & Block Named Law Firm of the Year, Earned Additional Honors Across Categories by The American Lawyer 2025 Industry Awards
Recognition
Recognition
Chicago Bar Association Names Jenner & Block Law Firm of the Year
Recognition
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Celebrating “Making Justice a Reality in Our Communities,” in Honor of 2024 US Pro Bono Week
In honor of American Bar Association's US Pro Bono Week, Jenner & Block is celebrating and shining a spotlight on the impactful work our lawyers do to help preserve and strengthen the communities we serve. Earlier this year, the firm, an international leader in pro bono service, surpassed its five-year commitment of providing $250 million in free legal services to those in need of access to justice—a year and a half ahead of schedule.
On April 29, the Fourth Circuit agreed with an amicus brief from Jenner & Block when it held that North Carolina’s denial of medical care benefits to transgender state employees violates the 14thAmendment’s Equal Protection Clause.
Partner Howard Suskin will be an instructor at a seminar sponsored by the Chicago Bar Association called “Negotiation and Mediation Skills in M&A Cases." Howard’s segment, called "Maintain Good Relationships in Negotiation," will cover maintaining good relationships in negotiations from the mediator’s perspective. His session will be held from 9:40 to 10:10 am CDT on August 24.
Recognitions
Jenner & Block Chicago Earns 35 Individual Chambers USA 2026 Rankings Across 24 Practice Areas
Chambers USA 2026 has recognized Jenner & Block’s Chicago office as a hub of legal excellence, with 35 individual lawyers ranked across 24 practice areas.
Partners Howard Suskin and Andrew Vail Receive Chicago Bar Association Awards
Partners Howard Suskin and Andrew Vail were each honored at the 2nd Annual Chicago Bar Association Achievement & Recognition (CBAY) Awards.
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.
Publications
Partner Howard Suskin Interviewed in Chicago Bar Association Record on Brief Writing and AI
Partner Howard Suskin was interviewed in a Chicago Bar Association Record article, "Writing Effective Briefs in the Age of AI," sharing his perspectives on crafting persuasive briefs and the role of generative AI in legal writing.
Howard Suskin Serves as Coordinating Editor for Law of Class Action, Fifty-State Survey
Partner Howard Suskin is a Coordinating Editor for the newly published Law of Class Action, Fifty-State Survey. This treatise provides a comprehensive overview of class action litigation practice and developments in each state.
"2026 Federal Class Action Deskbook" LexisNexis
The 2026 edition of the Federal Class Action Deskbook, authored by Partner Howard Suskin, has been published by Matthew Bender, a division of LexisNexis. This comprehensive guide provides practitioners with in-depth insights into litigating class actions in federal courts.
Client Alerts
Latest Supreme Court Term Presents New Challenges for SEC
The Supreme Court’s most recent term has forced the SEC to face new realities regarding its powers. As has been widely publicized, the Supreme Court’s overruling of Chevron in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo highlighted that the agency would no longer receive deference when interpreting statutes. And in SEC v. Jarkesy, the Supreme Court held that the SEC’s in-house adjudication process cannot be used to hear fraud cases brought by the agency. These decisions are just the latest evidence tha
On April 12, 2024, in Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L.P., the US Supreme Court held that a company’s mere failure to disclose information required by management’s discussion and analysis (Item 303 of SEC Regulation S-K) cannot support a private action under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b–5(b). Instead, Rule 10b–5(b) allows private suits based only on affirmative misrepresentations and “half-truths” that are misleading because they omit criti
Events
Partner Howard Suskin Moderates CBA Panel on AI-Driven Due Diligence
Partner Howard Suskin moderated a panel on May 11, 2026 on the topic of AI-driven due diligence in transactional practices at the Chicago Bar Association's “AI 2035: The Legal Profession and the Judiciary in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” symposium. The session examined how AI accelerates due diligence while raising questions about accuracy, reliability, and ethical oversight.
Partner Howard Suskin Moderates Alternative Dispute Resolution Program in Athens, Greece
Partner Howard Suskin recently moderated a panel of Greek and US judges and attorneys on comparative alternative dispute resolution in Athens, Greece. The program, sponsored jointly by the Athens and Chicago Bar Associations, examined mediation, arbitration, and hybrid dispute resolution models with an emphasis on cross-border disputes and cultural considerations that shape international practice.
Partner Howard Suskin to Speak at ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice
On Friday, March 20, 2026, Howard Suskin, Co-Chair of the firm’s Investor and Securities Litigation Practice and the Class Action Practice, will speak on a panel at the American Bar Association Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice on the topic of “Building a Civil Rights Practice.”