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Jenner & Block Pro Bono Client Released Following Habeas Win

In July, a pro bono client was released after nearly two years of unlawful prolonged detention by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”)....READ MORE

Jenner & Block Helps Pro Bono Client Achieve Resolution After Fifteen Years of Pro Se Litigation

The client first filed suit against California State Prison – Sacramento in 2010 after prison guards and medical staff abruptly discontinued his doctor-prescribed narcotic pain medication — not through any medically appropriate tapering process, but without warning, and without the protocols designed to prevent the pain and withdrawal that followed. The experience constituted cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. What came next was a legal journey spanning fifteen years, one t...READ MORE

PREVAIL Act Advances to the Senate: Potential Implications for Patent Challenges

On November 21, 2024, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted by a narrow 11–10 margin to advance the PREVAIL Act to the Senate for consideration. The PREVAIL Act, or the Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership Act, aims to reform rules and procedures at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to limit Inter Partes Review and other procedures to challenge patents....READ MORE

Title IX, “Gender Ideology,” and Recent Enforcement Activity: What Higher Education Institutions Need to Know

Recent executive orders, federal guidance, and enforcement activity have made clear that the Trump Administration plans to interpret and apply Title IX in new and different ways. This includes an understanding of sex as an “immutable biological classification as either male or female,” defined at conception, and a targeted approach toward addressing “gender ideology.” In this client alert, part of Jenner & Block’s “First 100 Days” Series, we unpack these developments at the federal level and sug...READ MORE