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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 Builds on Strength of Antitrust Practice with Return of Shaun Van Horn
Jenner & Block is pleased to announce that Shaun Van Horn, a seasoned litigator with extensive experience in intellectual property, antitrust, and complex commercial disputes, has returned to Jenner & Block as a Partner in its Chicago office. Shaun rejoins Jenner’s nationally recognized Business Litigation and Antitrust and Competition Law Practices, bringing with him a proven track record in antitrust, patent, and commercial litigation.
Jenner & Block is pleased to announce that Jariel A. Rendell has joined as a Partner in its Washington, DC office, where he will play a key role in the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Law Practice.
Partner Doug Litvack Quoted by Yahoo Finance Discussing Google’s Antitrust Trial
In an interview with Yahoo Finance, Co-Chair of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Law Practice, Doug Litvack, provides insight the Department of Justice’s high-profile antitrust suit against Google.
Recognitions
Two Jenner & Block Antitrust Matters Shortlisted for 2026 GCR Awards
Jenner & Block has been shortlisted for multiple 2026 Global Competition Review (GCR) Awards recognizing the world's leading antitrust lawyers, economists and enforcers, as well as the biggest cases from 2025.
Partners Doug Litvack and Joanna Wright have been named to Lawdragon’s 2026 500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers. Lawdragon annually recognizes the top antitrust litigators and trial lawyers on both sides of the “v,” who consistently deliver results for their clients.
The Daily Journal has recognized Jenner & Block Partner David Singer as a Top Antitrust Lawyer for the fourth year in a row. The list "honors attorneys who navigate complex merger reviews, monopolization claims, and price-fixing investigations that reshape markets and protect competition." David's profile highlights his continued representation of the Las Vegas Review-Journal in Las Vegas Sun, Inc. v. Adelson et al., a long-running dispute between two newspapers in Las Vegas.
Publications
FTC Changes Strategy on Noncompete Enforcement
The Trump administration's FTC has abandoned the rule banning noncompete agreements nationwide, but is encouraging antitrust enforcers to bring challenges in court. Whereas Biden-era officials had concluded that only broad rulemaking could meaningfully address non-competes affecting tens of millions of workers. This FTC is instead urging government enforcers at the federal and state level to challenge anticompetitive non-competes under the Sherman Act on a case-by-case basis.
Trump Administration Open to Divestiture Remedies
The FTC and DOJ under President Trump have each recently approved divestiture remedies for potentially anticompetitive mergers, signaling a significant departure from the practice of the Biden administration, which viewed divestiture remedies with intense skepticism.
Partner Huiyi Chen Discusses Insuring Against Antitrust Actions Targeting Pricing Algorithms
In an article and conference for the American Bar Association, Partner Huiyi Chen discussed the recent trend of antitrust actions targeting pricing algorithms and related insurance coverage issues.
Client Alerts
FTC Announces 2026 HSR Threshold
The annual revisions to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act reporting thresholds have arrived. The new thresholds for notification will apply to all transactions that close on or after the effective date of the notice, which is 30 days after its publication in the Federal Register.
FTC Challenges Medical Device Coating Transaction
On March 7, 2025, the FTC filed a complaint in federal court seeking to block GTCR BC Holdings, LLC, a Chicago private equity firm, from acquiring Surmodics, Inc. The FTC alleges that Surmodics is the leading provider of a specialized “hydrophilic” coating applied to a wide range of interventional medical devices used inside the human body, such as catheters and guidewires. These devices are used to perform high-stakes neurological, cardiovascular, and peripheral vascular procedures. Hydrophilic
FTC Announces 2025 HSR Thresholds
On January 10, 2025, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved new premerger notification thresholds and revised filing fees under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR). These new thresholds will apply to all transactions that close on or after the effective date of the notice, which is 30 days after its publication in the Federal Register, and are expected to take effect on or after February 12, 2025.
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.
"Q2 Recent Antitrust Developments in Health Care & Pharma," American Bar Association
On July 14, Partners Douglas Litvack and Christopher Abbott, Associate Elena Olivieri, and Summer Associate Adam Henderson will join the American Bar Association for a program on recent antitrust developments. The webinar will focus on Q2 2022 activity in the health care and pharmaceuticals sectors. Register for the webinar here. Mr. Litvack is co-chair of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Law Practice. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex antitrust litigation and appeals a