Elizabeth B.Deutsch

This week, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a complete victory for Marriott, reversing for the second time a district court’s certification of what would have been the largest class action arising from a data security incident in US history. If the ruling had been allowed to stand, the district court’s class certification order would have had enormous implications for class litigation, multidistrict litigation, and class-action waivers.

As the Trump administration prepares to return to power in 2025, the communications and technology sectors are bracing for significant regulatory shifts, with experts predicting major changes in areas ranging from spectrum management to broadband funding.

Jenner & Block is pleased to invite clients and friends of the firm to an exclusive online presentation examining the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) policy agenda following the November 5, 2024, election. This timely session, scheduled for Thursday, November 14, will offer critical insights for business leaders, legal professionals, and corporate decision-makers navigating the evolving regulatory landscape.

Jenner & Block has once again secured review by the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for client Marriott International’s interlocutory appeal of class certification in multi-district litigation regarding a data security incident. This is the second time the Fourth Circuit will hear the interlocutory appeal. In August 2023 the appellate court vacated class certification and ruled that the district court erred in not considering the applicability of a waiver at the certification stage.

Jenner & Block’s Election Law and Redistricting Practice secured two major victories in the highest courts of New York and Wisconsin this month. In both matters, judges ordered that new electoral maps be drawn in time for the 2024 elections.

Jenner & Block elevated eight lawyers to the partnership, promoting associates and special counsel from the firm’s Chicago, London, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC offices.

Jenner & Block secured an appellate win on August 17 in the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit for client Marriott International regarding its interlocutory appeal of class certification in multidistrict litigation over a data security incident. The appellate court vacated class certification and ruled that the district court erred in not considering the applicability of a waiver at the certification stage.

The last few years have been eventful and, at times, difficult ones for institutions of higher education. Institutions have been deeply impacted by issues ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic, to debates over free speech, to changes in immigration law, and to the ever-increasing pace of technological change, to name but a few. These impacts have been felt by institutions in numerous ways, including through increased legal risk and litigation. But notwithstanding all that has happened, 2023 may be

The firm secured a significant win for its cable industry client NCTA – The Internet & Television Association (NCTA)  – when the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed an order of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for which NCTA and its members had long advocated. Over the past 15 years, the FCC has published a series of written orders that, together with Title VI of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. § 521 et seq., set forth rules by which state and local governments may re

On April 15, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit heard arguments in City of Eugene, OR, et al. v. FCC, et al. Petitioners challenged the FCC’s landmark 2019 order clarifying the scope of state and local regulation of cable systems and the limits on cable franchise fees under the federal Cable Act. Jenner & Block represents NCTA, the national cable trade association, as intervenor in support of the FCC’s order. The outcome of this case will shape the future of cable regulation.

On February 19, Jenner & Block filed an amicus brief on behalf of a bipartisan group of senators – Dick Durbin, Chuck Grassley, Cory Booker, and Mike Lee.  The amici were lead sponsors of the First Step Act of 2018.  The First Step Act authorizes retroactive relief for individuals sentenced for crack-cocaine offenses before the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which eliminated the now-infamous 100-to-1 disparity between crack and powder cocaine.  In Terry v. United States, the Supreme Court is consi