After a year of significant upheaval for higher education institutions, additional changes are on the horizon in 2026. The most recent Unified Agenda, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and other developments mean additional…
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/ Civil Rights, Education Law, Immigration Law
2025 has brought significant changes to the regulatory landscape for the fintech and crypto industries, creating new opportunities for products, partnerships, and competition. Join us for an in-depth review of key litigation…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology
On December 3, 2025, the Office of Space Commerce hosted the first stakeholder engagement session to shape the regulatory landscape that will ultimately form the mission authorization for novel commercial space activities…
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/ Administrative Law, Science, Computers, & Technology, Transportation
On December 12, 2025, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2025. This report, required by the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984, provides Congress…
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/ Administrative Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Government Contracting
Today, Jenner & Block’s bipartisan Congressional Investigations practice, in partnership with the Project on Government Oversight (POGO), released the 2025 edition of When Congress Comes Calling, the gold-standard handbook for…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Elections & Politics
On December 9, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) published a final rule rejecting the use of disparate-impact liability, i.e., holding entities liable for discrimination due to a policy’s disproportionate effect on a certain…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights
The Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 8(a) Business Development Program, aimed to help socially and economically disadvantaged small business owners access federal contracting opportunities, has been under increased scrutiny…
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/ Administrative Law, Government Contracting, Indigenous Peoples
California regulators are seeking stakeholder input on potential regulations for products that contain or generate microplastics. Companies that manufacture, sell, or distribute the identified products should consider submitting…
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/ Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law
Yesterday the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order (EO), “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence,” that directs the Department of Justice, the Department of Commerce, the Federal…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
On December 11, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Air and Radiation unveiled a new online resource hub designed to streamline Clean Air Act (“CAA”) compliance and permitting for artificial intelligence data…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
Last month, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) published a direct final rule that conforms Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) chemical inventory reporting regulations to the…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law
On November 10, 2025, the Secretary of War released three memoranda and an acquisition reform strategy directing systemic reform across the defense acquisition landscape. The overarching theme of these reform initiatives is…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Government Contracting
California Attorney General Rob Bonta recently announced his office’s plans to hire an AI expert and “investigative technologists” to assist with an expected increased focus on enforcing the raft of recent AI laws passed in…
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/ Administrative Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
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…
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/ Intellectual Property
The Department of Justice has quietly created a new power center that will expand its ability to pursue investigations and bring politically charged lawsuits against both corporations and state actors. For companies navigating…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection, Immigration Law
