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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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Partner Lucy Blake Featured in Forward Law Review on UK's Proposed Modern Slavery Report
London Partner Lucy Blake was featured in Forward Law Review, where she commented on the UK government's proposed overhaul of the Modern Slavery Act 2015's corporate reporting regime - the biggest changes to section 54 since it was introduced. Lucy's insights highlight the shift toward mandatory disclosure, board-level accountability, and financial penalties for organisations and public authorities that fail to comply.
Rachel Alpert rejoins the firm after leading the Office of Foreign Assets Control legal team as part of the US Department of the Treasury. She will co-chair the National Security and Crisis and the Human Rights and Global Strategy practices, bringing extensive experience from the front lines of US sanction development, implementation, and enforcement.
Leading Investigations and Public Lawyer Joanna Ludlam Joins Jenner & Block
Jenner & Block LLP is delighted to announce that Joanna Ludlam will join the firm as a partner in the London office on 27 January 2025, where she will co-chair the firm’s Investigations Department and launch its London Public Law and Crisis Management Practice.
Recognitions
A Jenner & Block team led by Partners Jason Hipp, Todd C. Toral, and Brent Caslin were named as Runners-Up for Litigators of the Week by The American Lawyer for securing an important victory for Yazidi-American survivors of genocide. The US District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that plaintiffs have a right to sue under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1992 (ATA) if they hold US citizenship at the time of suit, establishing a clear right to seek relief for terror victims.
Jenner & Block Team Named Litigators of the Week Runners-Up for Landmark Human Rights Victory
Partner Jason Hipp and Associate Zoë Reinstein, in a team including Associates Christina Isnardi, Lawrence McMahon, and co-counsel Claret Vargas of the Center for Justice and Accountability, were named Runners-Up for Litigators of the Week by The American Lawyer for their exceptional advocacy defeating a motion to dismiss in a groundbreaking human rights case.
Partner Keith Harper, former US Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council, received Georgetown Law’s O’Neill Institute Lifetime Achievement Award in Human Rights at their annual Legacy Award Dinner on September 11.
Publications
Partner Lucy Blake Writes for The Times on Corporate Accountability Beyond Regulation
Partner Lucy Blake authored an article for The Times examining Canada's recent decision to wind down its corporate human rights watchdog, the Office of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE). She explores what that move signals about the broader shift in how companies are being held accountable for forced labour and supply chain abuses.
London Partner Lucy Blake was featured in Edward Fennell’s Legal Diary, where she commented on the growing pressure on Big Tech to do more to protect children online, following criticism of the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). Lucy's insights highlight the fundamental shift in how online harm is now regulated in the UK, and the significant legal and reputational risks facing platforms that fail to act.
Partner Lucy Blake Comments on BP Human Rights Complaint in Global Investigations Review
London Partner Lucy Blake, who Co-Chairs Jenner & Block's Human Rights and Global Strategy practice, provided commentary to Global Investigations Review regarding the powers of the UK National Contact Point (NCP) to investigate and hold companies to account for adverse human rights and environmental impacts.
Podcasts
Ambassador Keith Harper Featured on Lawyering Peace Podcast
In a recent episode of Lawyering Peace, Partner Keith Harper, former US Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council, discussed how making human rights a core part of peace negotiations is key to durable peace.
In this episode of Trial Tested, Partner Terri Mascherin interviews Judge Patricia Whalen and Justice Mona Lynch about their relentless efforts to help women judges in Afghanistan escape after the fall of Kabul in 2021. Judges Whalen and Lynch are part of a small group of international women judges who tirelessly coordinated evacuations and sought government assistance that allowed the Afghan women judges and their families to flee to safety – and their efforts continue today to help those still
Client Alerts
Supreme Court Further Limits Liability Under the ATS and TVPA
Last month, the Supreme Court decided Cisco Systems v. Doe, holding that aiding-and-abetting claims are not available under two statutes frequently invoked in human rights litigation, the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) and the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 (TVPA). In holding that an American company and its executives could not be liable for allegedly aiding and abetting violations of international law under the ATS and TVPA, the Court reaffirmed that the ATS is a jurisdictional statute and “c
US Supreme Court Opens the Door to More Flexible Personal Jurisdiction Test for Foreign Defendants
The longstanding view of most courts of appeals has been that federal and state courts are bound by the same constitutional standards for the exercise of personal jurisdiction, each requiring the plaintiff to show that the defendant had sufficient “minimum contacts” with the forum. However, courts, originalist scholars, and practitioners have recently challenged this view, arguing that differences between the Fourteenth Amendment (applicable to states) and Fifth Amendment (applicable to the fede
Navigating the Hazards of US Litigation: Lessons from Recent Decisions Involving Korean Companies
Notwithstanding recent political turmoil, Korean companies have been expanding into the United States at a fast clip, continuing a trend of investment beneficial to businesses in both countries.1As Korean brands increasingly become players in the US market, however, these companies also face new risks of litigation in US courtrooms. Three recent cases involving Korean companies highlight the types of legal issues that might arise when doing business in the United States and offer valuable lesson
Events
Lucy Blake, Partner at Jenner & Block, moderated a panel discussion on driving global integrity at C5's London Forum on Global Anti-Corruption, Compliance & Risk Management.
Five Jenner & Block Partners to Speak at 2026 ABA White Collar Crime Institute
Five Jenner & Block partners will share insights on sanctions enforcement, international anti-corruption coordination, DOJ policy shifts, and money laundering trends at the American Bar Association's White Collar Crime Institute — the premier national conference for white collar criminal defense attorneys, federal prosecutors, compliance professionals, and in-house counsel.
Partner Lucy Blake will be speaking at the BIICL’s Business and Human Rights Regulatory Landscape event on March 18.