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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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A Jenner & Block team, representing Volvo Cars, won a motion to dismiss for improper venue leading to a change of venue order in a patent infringement suit brought by Intellectual Ventures, moving the case from the Western District of Texas to the District of New Jersey.
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.
Silicon Valley’s IP Trailblazer Establishes Firm’s Patent Presence in San Francisco
Ed Anderson Brings Renowned Experience as a Litigator before the US International Trade Commission
Recognitions
Four Jenner & Block Partners and Patent Practice Recognized in 2025 IAM Patent 1000
Jenner & Block’s Patent Practice has been again recognized as a market leader in the 2025 IAM Patent 1000. The guide also honored four of our partners — Amr Aly, Ben Bradford, Mark Davis, and Reggie Hill — as top patent partners in their respective jurisdictions.
Chambers Global 2025 Recognizes Eight Jenner & Block Lawyers and Four Practices
The 2025 Chambers Global guide ranked Jenner & Block as a leading law firm in four practice areas: Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets (Band 2); Corporate Crime & Investigations (Band 3); Derivatives (Band 3); and Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) (Band 3). The firm's Energy practice saw notable advancement in this year's rankings.
Jenner & Block Named Among the “Most Feared in Litigation”
For the second year in a row, Jenner & Block has been named an “Intimidating Opponent” and included in The BTI Consulting Group’s Law Firms Most Feared in Litigation list. According to BTI, the law firms recognized in the 2025 list are those that “clients tell us they least want to see on the other side of the table in litigation,” and are described as “striking the utmost fear into the hearts of seasoned general counsel and legal decision-makers.”
Publications
A Recent Federal Circuit Decision Has Clouded the District Court’s Gatekeeping Role
The Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Barry v. DePuy Synthes Companies reversed a trial court’s exclusion of two expert witnesses, further blurring the line for practitioners between the court’s gatekeeping role and the jury’s role in assessing the weight of the evidence and the credibility of witnesses. The Barry decision split the court 2–1, with Judge Stark authoring the majority opinion and Judge Prost dissenting.
The Federal Circuit Expands Disclaimer of Patent Scope During Prosecution
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals’ recent decision in Focus Products Group International, LLC v. Kartri Sales Co., Inc., No. 2023-1446 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 30, 2025) reversed summary judgment of infringement on two patents and vacated on a third. The Court held the district court erred in both claim construction and application of its infringement analysis by failing to properly find the patent file history disavowed subject matter relied upon to find infringement. The disavowal was critical beca
Two Federal Circuit Decisions Nullify Nine-Figure Damages Awards
In two June 2025 decisions, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals rejected patent infringement jury verdicts for $218.5 million and $300 million—one reversed for claiming patent ineligible subject matter, and the other vacated due to an improper question on the jury verdict form for infringement.
Events
"SEP, FRAND, RAND, When an Acronym Makes the Difference," Jacobacci & Associati
On March 24, 2022, Partner Alexander J. Hadjis will join international industry leaders for a webinar on standard-essential patents (SEPs) and fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND/RAND) licensing terms in the automotive industry. The webinar will take place at 1 pm ET. Click here to register. Mr. Hadjis is a patent trial lawyer. He has tried over 15 patent cases for large, operating companies, such as Roku, Freescale, and Huawei, and he has litigated many more before the federal distr
On December 16, the co-chairs of Jenner & Block’s ITC Section 337 Practice, Mark Davis, Alexander J. Hadjis, and Ronald J. Pabis, will present a CLE webinar that will review important developments and trends in Section 337 investigations at the International Trade Commission (ITC) over the past year. In a roundtable discussion, the panelists will discuss, among other things, recent developments in the interplay between Section 337 investigations and IPRs, the ITC’s adoption of virtual hearings,
On August 12, Jenner & Block Partners Mark Davis and Ronald J. Pabis and Associate Susan A. O’Brien will present a CLE webinar on life science-related investigations at the US International Trade Commission (ITC). Partner Louis E. Fogel will moderate the discussion. The program will examine the use of ITC Section 337 investigations for life sciences products, including pharmaceuticals and medical devices. The presenters will cover important issues arising in such cases, including the use of publ