Emily Tucker is an associate in Crowell & Moring’s Washington, D.C. office, where she is a member of the firm’s Mass Tort, Product and Consumer Litigation Group.
Her practice includes work on pharmaceutical and medical devices products liability matters and FDA regulatory advising. Emily regularly applies her scientific background to her legal work, finding that her technical acumen provides a valuable perspective for matters and research involving technology, biology, and chemistry. In her products liability matters, Emily provides litigation defense, including in multi-district actions implicating all members of the pharmaceutical supply chain. In her FDA-related work, Emily provides counseling on compliance with pharmaceutical and food labelling requirements, and since 2020 she has been closely monitoring the agency’s COVID-19 related policies and potential impact on clients.
Emily received her J.D., magna cum laude, from William & Mary Law School. While there, she was awarded the ABA-BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Intellectual Property Law, and she served as the director of outreach for the Student Intellectual Property Society. Emily received her B.S., magna cum laude, in chemical and biomolecular engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Affiliations
Admitted to practice: District of Columbia
Speeches & Presentations
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"Lessons from the RF Microneedling Products ITC Case," Washington, D.C.
(June 18, 2019).
Speakers: Benjamin Christoff and Emily Tucker.
Publications
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"NBA Star Zion Williamson Secures Wins on the Basketball Court and in the Courtroom, After Defeating Claims of Trade Secret Misappropriation," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(August 9, 2022).
Authors: Emily Tucker and Astor Heaven.
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"Supreme Court declines to weigh in on notice required to trigger statute of limitations for trade secret misappropriation claims," International Law Office
(November 16, 2021).
Authors: Emily Tucker and Astor Heaven.
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"Supreme Court Declines to Weigh in on Notice Required to Trigger Statute of Limitations for Trade Secret Misappropriation Claims," Lexology
(November 16, 2021).
Authors: Emily Tucker and Astor Heaven.
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"Supreme Court Declines to Weigh in on Notice Required to Trigger Statute of Limitations for Trade Secret Misappropriation Claims," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(October 18, 2021).
Authors: Emily Tucker and Astor Heaven.
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"Former Coca-Cola Employee Convicted of Stealing Trade Secrets for the Chinese Government," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(May 11, 2021).
Authors: Raija Horstman, Laura Schwartz, William C. Pellett and Emily Tucker.
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"Risk Allocation For Drug And Device Cos. And Their Suppliers," Law360
(February 12, 2021).
Authors: Hilary Johnson, Karla I. Arias, and Emily Tucker.
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"COVID-19 Product Liability And The 'Innocent Seller'" Law360
(June 8, 2020).
Authors: Daniel T. Campbell, Chalana Netasha Damron, Mimi S. Dennis, William C. Pellett, and Emily Tucker.
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"Hirer Beware: Your Employee’s Non-Compete Agreement with their Former Employer May Determine Where You Can be Haled to Court," Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
(March 26, 2020).
Authors: Emily Tucker and Molly A. Jones.
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"District of Colorado Awards “Exemplary Damages” Against Former Employee for Misappropriation of Bovine Serum Trade Secrets," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(October 10, 2019).
Authors: Emily Tucker and Astor Heaven.
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"Georgia Appellate Court Finds No Immunity for State Entity Against Trade Secret Claims," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(July 16, 2019).
Authors: Emily Tucker and Julia Milewski.
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"Delaware Chancery Court Adopts a “Narrow Approach” in Applying the CFAA, Aligning Itself with the Ninth, Second, and Fourth Circuits," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(May 24, 2019).
Authors: Astor Heaven and Emily Tucker.
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"Hampton Roads Sanitation District’s Sustainable Water Initiative for Tomorrow Proposal," Virginia Coastal Policy Center
(2016).
Authors: Emily Tucker, Patrick Harner and Alexa Peck.
Client Alerts & Newsletters
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"FDA Plans to Resume Domestic Facility Inspections,"
Mass Tort, Product, and Consumer Litigation Alert
(July 17, 2020).
Contacts: John Fuson, Emily Tucker
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"Re-Thinking Dining in the Age of COVID-19: Follow FDA Best Practices for Re-Opening Retail Food Establishments,"
Mass Tort, Product, and Consumer Litigation Alert
(May 15, 2020).
Contacts: John Fuson, Emily Tucker
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"Mitigating COVID-19 Related Litigation Risk in the Food Industry: Follow FDA Best Practices,"
Mass Tort, Product, and Consumer Litigation Alert
(April 15, 2020).
Contacts: John Fuson, Emily Tucker
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"In Response to COVID-19 Pandemic, FDA Temporarily Changes Packaging and Labelling Requirements for Shell Eggs,"
Mass Tort, Product, and Consumer Litigation Alert
(April 10, 2020).
Contacts: John Fuson, Emily Tucker
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"FDA Recommends Social Distancing in Food Facilities to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19,"
Mass Tort, Product, and Consumer Litigation Alert
(April 8, 2020).
Contacts: John Fuson, Emily Tucker
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"In Response to COVID-19 Pandemic, FDA Temporarily Changes Nutrition Label Rules for Restaurants and Food Manufacturers,"
(March 27, 2020).
Contacts: John Fuson, Emily Tucker
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"FDA Presses Pause on Domestic and Foreign Inspections for all FDA-Regulated Products Due To COVID-19 Concerns,"
Mass Tort, Product, and Consumer Litigation Alert
(March 20, 2020).
Contacts: John Fuson, Emily Tucker
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"FDA Enforcement Trends: Reflecting on 2019 and Looking Onward to 2020,"
(March 16, 2020).
Contacts: John Fuson, Emily Tucker
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"FDA Enforcement Trends: Reflecting on 2019 and Looking Onward to 2020,"
Mass Tort, Product, and Consumer Litigation Alert
(February 12, 2020).
Contacts: John Fuson, Emily Tucker
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"FDA Enforcement Trends: Reflecting on 2019 and Looking Onward to 2020,"
Mass Tort, Product, and Consumer Litigation Alert
(January 16, 2020).
Contacts: John Fuson, Emily Tucker