Andrew J.Plague

With the government’s annual funding package set to expire Sept. 30 and no spending compromise in sight, the federal government appears headed for an imminent shutdown.

When the Dobbs decision was announced, Jenner & Block mobilized to help guide clients though the myriad issues at the intersection of law and policy. Partner Lindsay Harrison, working with Partner Aaron Cooper and associate Andrew Plague, is representing several obstetricians who have provided evidentiary support to the US Department of Justice’s lawsuit challenging the lawfulness of Idaho’s abortion ban.

On February 28, 2023, The Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party held its long anticipated first hearing. The hearing, which lasted approximately three hours, served as a preview for the Committee’s investigative interests, which include US company activities in the China market, China’s human rights and free speech abuses, and countering China’s increasing aggression toward Taiwan.

January 22, 2023, marked the 50th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling that guaranteed the federal constitutional right to abortion. It has been seven months since that decision was overturned.

The federal government started 2023 by clarifying important legal issues surrounding the use of medications for abortions. These changes come after much uncertainty—and controversy—around the availability of medication abortion triggered by the US Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to overturn Roe v. Wade. 

In Part I of this series, released in the days after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision issued, we discussed the impact of the decision on American businesses, the risks of which they should be aware, and offered guidance for how companies could proactively respond to the changing legal landscape. In Part II, we outlined the status of abortion across the states in the immediate aftermath of the decision.

On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Authored by Justice Alito, the decision, which hewed closely to the draft opinion that was leaked on May 2, 2022, upheld the Mississippi abortion ban at issue (6-3) and further held that the Constitution does not grant a right to abortion (5-4), overturning the landmark decisions in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey. Four justices—Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanau

On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Authored by Justice Alito, the decision held that the Constitution does not grant a right to abortion (5-4), overturning the landmark decisions in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey. In the absence of a federal constitutional right to abortion, abortion procedures and medication will be governed only by the laws of each state. 

Jenner & Block Partners Gabriel K. Gillett and Howard S. Suskin and Associate Andrew J. Plague authored an article published in the ABA Securities Litigation Journal titled “Seventh Circuit Overrides a Forum Selection Bar in Federal Securities Lawsuits.” The article examines recent trends relating to enforcement of forum selection clauses in company bylaws governing where shareholder lawsuits may be filed.  

On December 8, Jenner & Block will receive the 2021 Impact in the Courts Award from the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIP) during its 50th anniversary event. The firm will be recognized for collaborative efforts on the Irwin Detention Center project, during which a firm team is co-counseling with NIP and a number of law school clinics and others in litigation against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other defendants for forced medical procedures on women d

On June 3, 2021, the US Supreme Court issued a much-anticipated decision interpreting the scope of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 (CFAA) not to cover situations in which the defendant was authorized to access information on a computer yet did so for an improper purpose. The decision, which was widely expected after oral argument in November, carries a range of cybersecurity implications for businesses, such as the need to reassess employee access and website terms of service,

Colleges and universities have grappled with many challenging issues throughout the COVID-19 crisis, but federally sponsored research has generally provided stable and (comparatively) uncomplicated revenue- and work-streams through this period. In some cases, federal grants were easier to obtain and comply with as additional funding came available through the CARES Act and federal guidance reduced certain compliance requirements. Ongoing compliance efforts may have suffered as a result. As the

President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan—his first major legislative proposal since taking office—on Thursday, just one day after the final version of the bill cleared Congress.