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WASHINGTON, DC – June 17, 2026: Jenner & Block is pleased to announce that Brandon R. Thompson has joined as a Special Counsel in its Washington, DC office as part of the firm’s Communications, Internet, and Technology (CIT) Practice. Brandon's background in corporate transactions, combined with his Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulatory experience, strengthens the firm's ability to advise clients navigating the intersection of communications law and commercial transactions.

Chambers USA 2026 has recognized Jenner & Block’s Chicago office as a hub of legal excellence, with 35 individual lawyers ranked across 24 practice areas.

In a significant development for corporate practitioners, the Delaware Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision on February 27, 2026, that brings long-awaited clarity to one of the more complex areas of deal-making: transactions involving conflicted fiduciaries, including controlling stockholders. In Rutledge v. Clearway Energy Group LLC, the court upheld the constitutionality of Senate Bill 21 (SB 21), a set of amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law enacted in March 2025. The rulin

In Giuliano v. Grenfell-Gardner et al. (Del. Ch. Sept. 2, 2025), the Delaware Court of Chancery considered fiduciary oversight claims under the Caremark doctrine arising from alleged deficiencies in board- and officer-level oversight at pharmaceutical company Teligent, Inc. The court denied, in substantial part, a motion to dismiss claims alleging that former directors and officers failed to implement and maintain systems to oversee FDA compliance, a risk characterized as central to the company’

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.

Jenner & Block is advising its client Silgan Holdings Inc. in a new senior unsecured notes offering. The private offering of €600 million aggregate principal amount of Silgan’s 4 ¼% Senior Notes due 2031 priced on September 3, 2025 and is expected to close on or about September 12, 2025. 

In an article published on the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, Partner Alex May examines how public companies are responding to tariff uncertainty using a data-driven approach. The article contains a survey of earnings releases for 100 S&P 500 companies to see how large public companies provided guidance in light of tariffs and identify any emerging patterns.

In recent days, the Trump administration has proposed additional tariffs, causing further uncertainty for many public companies. As companies approach their current quarterly guidance, we took a data-driven approach to see how large public companies provided guidance in light of tariffs and to see if any patterns emerged.

In Cleveland Integrity Services, LLC v. Byers (Del. Ch. Feb. 28, 2025), the Delaware Court of Chancery declined to enforce a two-year non-compete agreement that it found to be geographically overbroad and refused to narrow or “blue-pencil” the provision. The decision reinforces Delaware’s increasingly cautious approach to post-employment restrictions, particularly in cases where employers seek to enforce broadly drafted covenants long after a business sale.

In a landmark decision with far-reaching implications for private equity-backed ventures and minority investors in Delaware limited liability companies, the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed a lawsuit brought by former minority unitholders of urgent care provider CityMD. The case, Faiz Khan and Ralph Finger v. Warburg Pincus, LLC, et al. (April 30, 2025), reaffirms the primacy of negotiated contract terms and the enforceability of fiduciary duty waivers in limited liability company agreements

The US House and Senate are negotiating toward a July 4, 2025 deadline for the next massive US tax legislation. Current proposals are designed to continue many of the business-friendly provisions of President Trump’s 2017 tax legislation that are scheduled to end, and they also eliminate many of the climate and clean-energy provisions in his predecessor Biden’s tax legislation.

On June 11, Jenner & Block advised its client The Campbell Center in completing its merger with New Horizons. This merger marks a pivotal moment, uniting two San Fernando Valley, California based non-profits that have each served the neurodiverse community for 70 years. The Campbell Center supports adult individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities through supported employment, community integration services, and residential services.

The National Association of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustees (NABT) awarded Of Counsel Ron Peterson its Robert F. Anderson Lifetime Meritorious Service Award on June 3. The honor recognizes Ron for his years of dedicated service to the bankruptcy bar.

The SEC recently announced the creation of a Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit (CETU) that will focus on fraudulent conduct in cybersecurity, digital assets, and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence. For public companies, the announcement indicates that the new unit will focus on combatting fraud and other “cyber-related misconduct,” including “public issuer fraudulent disclosure relating to cybersecurity.”

On February 12, 2025, the Division of Corporation Finance (Staff) of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14M (SLB 14M) concerning shareholder proposals for public company proxy statements. SLB 14M rescinds the Staff’s social and ethical policy-focused Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14L (SLB 14L) from 2021, and will make it easier for a public company to exclude from its proxy statement certain types of shareholder proposals made by activist stockholders. SLB

As we usher in a new administration, the economic landscape is poised for significant shifts. With potential tariffs on the horizon, a sweeping deregulation agenda, and anticipated lower interest rates, the outlook for the economy and transactions markets is as uncertain as ever. Will these changes stimulate growth, or will they introduce new challenges? Will the deal market rebound, or are we facing another year of stagnation? How will banks respond, and what will become of the vast sums raised for private credit?  

Effective August 1, 2024, the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) was amended to include a new Section 122(18), pursuant to which corporations are expressly permitted to enter into contracts that:

Jenner & Block elevated nine lawyers to the partnership and seven lawyers to special counsel, promoting 16 individuals overall in the firm’s Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC offices.

A Jenner & Block team advised Saothair Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in middle-market manufacturing and industrial companies, in their acquisition of a majority equity stake in Pioneer Window Holdings, Inc (“Pioneer”) through a newly-formed affiliate.