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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
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Jenner & Block Secures Life-Changing Settlement for Native Foster Youth
Jenner & Block successfully represented a former foster youth and member of the Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria, a federally recognized tribe in Humboldt County, California, who faced homelessness and the loss of critical services. The firm advocated for pro bono clients Madison Fisher and her tribe in litigation against the State of California and Humboldt County, securing $45,000 in compensation and a statewide policy change that will protect Native foster youth throughout California.
Humboldt County and State of California Sued for Discriminatory Treatment of Tribal Foster Youth
With pro bono support from Jenner & Block, the California Tribal Families Coalition (CTFC) and Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria filed a lawsuit against Humboldt County and the State of California for discriminatory treatment of tribal foster youth.
Recognitions
Jenner & Block Honors 2026 Pro Bono Awards Recipients
Jenner & Block continued its longstanding tradition of recognizing exceptional pro bono service at the firm's 2026 Pro Bono Awards Ceremony, honoring lawyers and professional staff who exemplify the firm's core commitment of expanding access to justice through zealous advocacy. The recipients represent the breadth of Jenner's pro bono work across all offices and practice areas, demonstrating how dedicated legal service can make meaningful impact.
The Daily Journal has honored a Jenner & Block team with a 2026 California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year (CLAY) Award for their work in Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria v. California Department of Social Services —a pro bono matter that secured both individual justice and statewide policy change for Native American foster youth.
Ben Seelig Receives 2025 KIND Pro Bono Advocate of the Year Award
Associate Ben Seelig is being recognized by Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) with its 2025 Pro Bono Advocate of the Year Award. The award honors outstanding pro bono lawyers and volunteers who have gone above and beyond in their assistance to unaccompanied children throughout the year.
Publications
"With Precautions, AI Can Help With Suspicious Activity Filings," Law360
As artificial intelligence takes the world by storm, potential use cases proliferate by the day. Compliance professionals are looking closely at the tasks that AI technology may be able to perform, supplement and improve in their compliance processes.In this article, we examine the considerations around the use of AI in one important area in the regulatory and enforcement environment affecting financial services businesses — suspicious activity reports, or SARs.The filing of SARs, and failures r
“A Look at Insurance Coverage for Government Investigations,” Law360
In an article for Law360, Partner Jan Larson, Special Counsel Carolyn Small, and Associate Ben Seelig provide insight on the quirks and potential pitfalls in applying common definitions of a “claim” to different types of government inquiries and investigations. They also explain how recent decisions have interpreted whether certain initiating steps rise to the level of a claim for purposes of triggering potential insurance coverage under liability insurance policies.
Dually registered, or “dual hat,” investment advisers are already well aware of the extensive obligations imposed by the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”). But for others, the finalization of a Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) rule imposing anti-money-laundering obligations on a broader range of investment advisers may place them in an unfamiliar and heavily regulated territory. Below, we briefly recap the requirements of the rule we first outlined in its proposed form in our February 2024
Client Alerts
It’s April, Do You Know Where Your California Digital Assets License Is?
California's new licensing regime for digital financial asset businesses is no longer on the horizon, it is here. The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) opened its application portal last month, and the July 1, 2026 compliance deadline is now less than three months away. For companies that anticipate serving California residents with covered digital financial assets services, there is a significant advantage to having a license application in by July 1.
In a sequel to FinCEN’s proposal earlier this year to extend anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act regulations to investment advisers (AML/BSA Proposal), on May 13, 2024, FinCEN and the SEC jointly issued a new Notice of Proposed Rule Making. This rule would extend formal customer identification program (CIP) obligations to investment advisers, something not otherwise included in FinCEN’s earlier proposal. If adopted, certain investment advisers would be required to establish and maintain a