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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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An Illinois federal jury awarded clients Kraft Heinz Co., Kellogg Co., General Mills Inc., and Nestle USA Inc. $17.7 million for the damages they suffered from the overcharges they paid due to a conspiracy to inflate the prices of eggs by the nation’s largest egg producers and two industry groups. The plaintiffs are entitled to have the $17.7 million trebled.
After a five-week trial, a federal jury in Illinois found that two of the largest egg producers in the nation, Cal-Maine Food and Rose Acre Farms, and two egg trade groups, United Egg Producers and United States Egg Marketers, are liable for conspiring to inflate the prices of eggs from the late 1990s through at least 2008.
Florida Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments in 15-Week Abortion Ban Challenge
On Friday, September 8, the Florida Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, et al. v. State of Florida, et al., a case challenging Florida’s House Bill 5 (HB 5) which bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The 15-week ban, which has been in effect since last July, has harmed patients across the state. While the case challenges a 15-week ban, the impacts of the state supreme court’s decision could go far beyond that. If the court upholds
Recognitions
Jenner & Block was named Law Firm of the Year and honored in several different categories by The American Lawyer at the 2025 Industry Awards. These awards recognize “the legal industry's most impactful and important work of the past year.”
Jenner & Block Named Finalist in Six Categories by The American Lawyer
The American Lawyer has listed Jenner & Block as a finalist in six categories in the 2025 Industry Awards. These awards recognize “the legal industry's most impactful and important work of the past year.”
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Jenner & Block Releases 2026 Edition of the Illinois Civil Practice Guide
Illinois civil litigation demands precision. From the first filing to the final appeal, practitioners must navigate a complex and ever-changing web of case law, rules, deadlines, and procedures.
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The Non-Compete Competition: Washington State’s New Broad Ban on Non-Competes
Last month, Washington state passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1155 (SB 1155), legislation that bans virtually all non-compete agreements and significantly narrows the scope of permissible non-solicitation agreements in the state. The new law takes effect on June 30, 2027, and applies retroactively to all existing non-compete agreements, rendering them void and unenforceable regardless of when they were entered into. Employers are required to make reasonable efforts to provide written notic
Events
On February 27, Chicago-based Partner Andrew Vail along with Associates Chris Blythe, Savannah McNeily, and Vaughn Olson will present during a Chicago Bar Association CLE hosted by the Civil Practice Committee on recent updates to Illinois civil rules and procedures. The CLE will also feature an update from the Chicago Bar Association’s Legislative Liaison, as well as a discussions of good faith findings and civility in civil practice, featuring perspectives from the bench and in-house counsel.
Jenner & Block lawyers will lead presentations about different aspects of preserving the record for appeal in civil practice in a CLE sponsored by the Chicago Bar Association. In a panel called “Preserving the Record for Appeal,” Partners Annie Kastanek and Gabi Gillett will discuss the benefits of including appellate counsel in a trial team, covering everything from strategic input on legal strategy to jury instructions to options for interlocutory appeal. Associates Savannah Berger and Chris B
“Have License, Will Travel, or Should You?” Chicago Bar Association
On February 15, 2022, Jenner & Block Partner Andrew W. Vail and Associate Savannah E. Berger presented during a Chicago Bar Association (CBA) CLE Webinar titled “Have License, Will Travel, or Should You?” The joint presentation to more than 75 attendees focused on the CBA’s Civil Practice Committee and its role in updating the rules of civil procedure in Illinois and provided a yearly primer on the updates to Illinois’s civil procedure rules. Andrew, Savannah, and Associates Elpitha Lambros and