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Crowell & Moring Once Again Rated Leading Government Contracts Firm

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 06.26.08

For the fourth year in a row, Chambers USA, in its annual publication rating law firm practice groups, has given Crowell & Moring's Government Contracts Group a nationwide rank of "one," the highest rank a practice group can achieve.  The Chambers publication, which is based upon interviews with clients and other practitioners in each practice area, also named Terry Albertson, Tom Humphrey, Stan Johnson, Kent Morrison, and Angela Styles as leading lawyers in the Government Contracts field (press release: http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/PressRelease.aspx?id=211; Chambers summary: http://www.chambersandpartners.com/usa/resultseditorial.aspx?fid=2838&cid=618&pid=15&solbar= 1&grouptype=2#2838).

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Client Alert | 3 min read | 05.20.25

DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative Bolsters Threat of False Claims Act Enforcement Under “Anti-DEI” Executive Order

On May 19, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a Memorandum creating the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative that will “utilize the False Claims Act to investigate and . . . pursue claims against any recipient of federal funds that knowingly violates federal civil rights laws.” According to the Memorandum, though racial discrimination has “always been illegal,” the Administration posits that “many corporations and schools continue to adhere to racist policies and preferences—albeit camouflaged with cosmetic changes that disguise their discriminatory nature.” In an effort to prevent federal funds from being used in connection with or support of these purportedly racist policies and preferences, the Initiative will wield the power of the False Claims Act, the government’s most powerful tool to fight fraud, waste, and abuse....