Crowell & Moring Cops #1 Ranking
Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 07.31.09
Chambers USA has released its 2009 rankings of national Government Contracts practices, and C&M once again ranks in the First Band. Chambers takes note of our "extraordinary depth and experience across the board" and "pure quality and prestige" and recognizes several individuals as "Leading Lawyers" in the field -- congratulations to Terry Albertson, Tom Humphrey, Stan Johnson ("everybody's gold standard"), Kent Morrison, and Angela Styles.
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Client Alert | 2 min read | 11.14.25
Claim construction is a key stage of most patent litigations, where the court must decide the meaning of any disputed terms in the patent claims. Generally, claim terms are given their plain and ordinary meaning except under two circumstances: (1) when the patentee acts as its own lexicographer and sets out a definition for the term; and (2) when the patentee disavows the full scope of the term either in the specification or during prosecution. Thorner v. Sony Comput. Ent. Am. LLC, 669 F.3d 1362, 1365 (Fed. Cir. 2012). The Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Aortic Innovations LLC v. Edwards Lifesciences Corp. highlights that patentees can act as their own lexicographers through consistent, interchangeable usage of terms across the specification, effectively defining terms by implication.
Client Alert | 6 min read | 11.14.25
Microplastics Update: Regulatory and Litigation Developments in 2025
Client Alert | 6 min read | 11.13.25
