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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
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Chicago Bar Association Names Jenner & Block Law Firm of the Year
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Jenner & Block Announces New Partners and Special Counsel
Jenner & Block elevated nine lawyers to the partnership and seven lawyers to special counsel, promoting 16 individuals overall in the firm’s Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC offices.
(LOS ANGELES – January 9, 2024) Jenner & Block has expanded its Investigations, Compliance, and Defense Practice in Los Angeles with the addition of Carolyn Small, a former Assistant US Attorney in the Major Frauds Section of the Criminal Division in the Central District of California.
Recognitions
Chambers USA 2026 Highlights Jenner & Block's Strength Across California
Chambers USA 2026 guide once again recognized Jenner & Block as a leader in the California legal market, highlighting the firm’s excellence across its general commercial, white collar, media and entertainment, and intellectual property practices, with 13 lawyers earning individual recognition.
The Human Trafficking Legal Center Honors Partner Carolyn Small with Advocate of the Year Award
Los Angeles Partner Carolyn Small will be honored with The Human Trafficking Legal Center’s Advocate of the Year Award on October 8 in recognition of her commitment to advocacy in support of trafficking survivors’ rights.
Jenner & Block Earns Top Chambers USA 2025 Rankings in California
The Chambers USA 2025 guide has recognized Jenner & Block’s excellence in its California practice rankings. Chambers now has repeatedly ranked Jenner for its general commercial, white collar, media and entertainment, and intellectual property practices. Chambers also recognized seven California partners in its band of rankings and four California partners as “up and coming” in its rankings.
Publications
“Defending DEI programs against DOJ's civil rights fraud initiative,” Westlaw Today
In an article published on Westlaw via Reuters, Partners Carolyn Small and Betsy Henthorne and Associate Rebekah Lee examine the Department of Justice’s newly launched Civil Rights Fraud Initiative and the growing enforcement risks it poses for organizations that receive federal funding and operate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.
“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.
Client Alert: DOJ Announces New Whistleblower Rewards Program and Enhanced Focus on AI-Related Risks
Continuing to prioritize corporate criminal enforcement, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced two new steps it is taking to identify potential corporate misconduct and evaluate companies’ compliance programs. Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced these measures on March 7, 2024 at the American Bar Association’s White Collar Crime Conference in San Francisco. First, DAG Monaco introduced DOJ’s whistleblower “pilot program” to reward individuals who help DOJ uncover significant
Client Alerts
DOJ Launches Its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program
On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) officially launched its three-year corporate whistleblower awards pilot program (Whistleblower Program), adding to the growing array of programs designed to incentivize disclosure of corporate wrongdoing. Under the Whistleblower Program, which was first announced by Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco in March 2024, whistleblowers who voluntarily provide DOJ’s Criminal Division with original and truthful information that results in a crimi
DOJ Continues Its Trend of Strengthening Incentives to Report Corporate Misconduct
Just over a month after Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the upcoming launch of the Department of Justice’s whistleblower rewards program, the DOJ Criminal Division unveiled its newest program to incentivize disclosure of alleged corporate wrongdoing: the Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosures for Individuals. The launch of this program is the latest in a string of new programs that are designed to incentivize individuals to report corporate wrongdoing and cooperate with the go
Illuminating the Bank Secrecy Act: Key Takeaways from Recent DOJ Settlements
The Department of Justice recently announced settlements with two casinos to resolve an investigation into alleged money laundering and violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). The settlements required the casinos to pay a combined monetary fine of $7.45 million and enhance their anti-money-laundering compliance programs. The resolutions are a signal that DOJ may be returning its BSA enforcement efforts to casinos almost a decade after many casinos were fined millions for BSA violations in what
Events
Special Counsel Carolyn Small to Host Women’s White Collar Defense Association Event
On September 10, Jenner & Block Special Counsel Carolyn Small will host a Women’s White Collar Defense Association event at the firm’s Los Angeles office. The event will be a lunchtime Q&A with the Assistant General Counsel and Vice President for Global Public Policy at The Walt Disney Company Annamartine Salick.
Special Counsel Carolyn Small will share her insights during a panel titled “Understanding the Nuances of the Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine” held by the Los Angeles Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and hosted by Crowell & Moring LLP at its offices in downtown Los Angeles.