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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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2024 Chambers USA Recognizes 35 Practice Areas, 76 Lawyers from Jenner & Block
Jenner & Block has been recognized as a leading firm across 35 practice areas in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA. The recognition includes practice rankings in 13 national and 22 state categories.
Jenner & Block Client Aurora Cannabis Closes $172.5 Million Bought-Deal Offering
Aurora Cannabis signed a bought-deal offering that closed on June 1 for total gross proceeds of $172.5 million. Aurora plans to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes.
Firm Team Secures Dismissal for Aurora Cannabis
On July 6, a firm team secured a dismissal for Aurora Cannabis Inc. in a putative securities class action in New Jersey federal court. Aurora is one of Canada’s largest licensed cannabis producers. Aurora was sued as part of a wave of shareholder lawsuits lodged against companies in the cannabis industry. The plaintiffs alleged that Aurora misrepresented its sales strength without disclosing that sales were decreasing and that it would stop construction on two facilities.However, Judge John Vaz
Recognitions
Jenner & Block’s New York Office Earns Top Honors in Chambers USA 2026 for Commercial Litigation, White-Collar Litigation, Media & Entertainment, and Intellectual Property
Jenner & Block Named to The American Lawyer’s A-List
Jenner & Block has been named to The American Lawyer’s 2024 A-List, an annual list highlighting the 20 most well-rounded firms according to both financial and cultural criteria.
Chambers USA Recognizes 59 Jenner & Block Lawyers Across 39 Categories
Chambers and Partners published the 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, recognizing 59 Jenner & Block lawyers in 39 categories.
Publications
In their article for Cannabis Business Executive, Partner Stephen Ascher and Associate Anna Windemuth examine how the unique legal status of the cannabis business creates a thorny problem for litigants. The complicating factor stems from the business being legal in most states but illegal under federal law. The authors discuss the circumstances under which federal courts will either assert or decline jurisdiction over cannabis-related commercial disputes. They also provide practical guidance not
Insurance Law Update, “The Complex State of Insurance in the Cannabis Business,” Law360
In their Insurance Law Update, Jenner & Block Partner Jan A. Larson and Associate Philip B. Sailer examine the conflicting insurance regulatory schemes that policyholders face in the cannabis space. The authors identify the complex issues the judiciary is currently facing and outline proposed legislative solutions that could begin to reduce the challenges both policyholders and insurers must face in this ever-changing industry. Former associate Kara Crutcher contributed to this article. The IL
“Federal Cannabis Reform: Inevitable but Inevitably Piecemeal,” Law360
In this article, Jenner & Block Associates E.K. McWilliams and Nika Arzoumanian examine the “piecemeal” efforts to federally legalize cannabis. “The likely trajectory of marijuana reform in the US will be shaped by stakeholders both for and against ending the federal prohibition on cannabis. While institutions that are invested in cannabis remaining illegal under federal law will have sway, state-level legalization has resulted in powerful stakeholders who are invested in the new normal of leg