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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Ninth Circuit Decision Underscores Increasing False Claims Act Risks to U.S. Importers
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FDA Targets Gene Editing Clinical Trials in China and other “Hostile Countries”
