Insights

Doha – April 2, 2026: Crowell & Moring’s Doha office has been recognized in two of the legal industry’s leading directories: Chambers and Partners and Legal 500.

Los Angeles – April 1, 2026: The Daily Journal named Crowell & Moring’s Chahira Solh and Joanna Forster to its “2026 Leading Commercial Litigators” list. This recognition honors attorneys who have served as lead counsel in major litigation in California or whose national cases have had a significant impact on the California legal landscape.

Washington, D.C. – April 1, 2026: Crowell & Moring has won the Litigation of the Year – Cartel Defense Award at the 2026 Global Competition Review (GCR) Awards. These awards recognize the world's leading antitrust lawyers, economists, and enforcers, and highlights the most significant cases from 2025.

Brussels – March 27, 2026: The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 2026 edition has recognized 13 practice areas and nine lawyers in Crowell & Moring’s Brussels office.

Brussels – March 24, 2026: Chambers and Partners has ranked five Crowell & Moring practice groups and 11 individual lawyers in the Chambers Europe 2026 guide.

San Francisco – March 19, 2026: Crowell & Moring achieved a decisive victory for Kawasaki Heavy Industries in the Northern District of California, obtaining a $48 million jury verdict after a two-week trial. The jury unanimously found that Rorze Corporation and its U.S. subsidiary, Rorze Automation, Inc., willfully infringed Kawasaki’s U.S. Patent No. RE45,772.

Washington D.C. – March 16, 2026: Partner Matthew F. Ferraro has authored Chapter 6: Dealing with Deepfakes: The Role for Lawyers and Law Firms in The ABA Cybersecurity Handbook: Cybersecurity, Its Legal Implications, and the Emerging Risk of AI (4th ed., Jeffrey M Allen & Candace M Jones eds.), which was recently published by the American Bar Association.

March 9, 2026: Crowell & Moring has been ranked in PitchBook’s 2025 annual Global League Tables among the top law firms for venture capital transactions. These rankings showcase the leading firms in venture capital based on a variety of criteria, including geography, transaction type, and sectors.

New York – March 9, 2026: Crowell & Moring represented Kutt, a peer-to-peer social betting platform, in its sale to publicly traded Bitcoin ATM company Bitcoin Depot (Nasdaq: BTM).

Washington, D.C. – March 4, 2026: Crowell & Moring has expanded its Privacy and Cybersecurity Group with the addition of Rajeev Raghavan, a former Special Counsel to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and federal prosecutor. With more than 15 years of direct experience handling cybercrime, technology, regulatory, and enforcement challenges, and a foundational background as a computer programmer, Raghavan further strengthens the firm’s ability to help clients respond to evolving cybersecurity threats and navigate a rapidly changing legal and regulatory environment.

New York – February 24, 2026: William Reiss, a first-chair litigator with nearly 25 years of experience in leading complex antitrust class actions, has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Group in New York.

Washington – February 24, 2026: Law360 has named Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Group a Practice Group of the Year for 2025. This is the 14thyear that the Group has earned this recognition.

Washington – February 24, 2026: Chambers and Partners has ranked 13 Crowell & Moring practice groups and 20 individual lawyers in the Chambers Global 2026 guide.

Washington, D.C. – February 18, 2026: Crowell & Moring has been shortlisted for two honors at the 2026 Global Competition Review (GCR) Awards, both in the Litigation of the Year – Cartel Defense category. The GCR Awards recognizes the world’s leading antitrust lawyers, economists, and enforcers, and highlights the most significant cases from 2025.

Boston – February 17, 2026: Crowell & Moring represented GelMEDIX, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on regenerative therapies for vision restoration, in the closing of its $13 million seed financing. The round was led by Safar Partners, with participation from HTL Biotechnology, Beacon Angels, TiE Boston Angels, Boston Harbor Angels, and additional investors. Alongside the financing, Crowell also advised on GelMEDIX’s first strategic collaboration with a global pharmaceutical company. Under the terms of the agreement, GelMEDIX will provide its hydrogel scaffold technology, which the partner will use in combination with several of its own cell lines to develop stem cell derived cell therapies.

Chicago – February 3, 2026: World Trademark Review has once again recognized Crowell & Moring as a top trademark firm in its 2026 guide. Crowell received the highest ranking—gold—in Illinois for enforcement and litigation, and prosecution and strategy. The firm also achieved “Recommended” status in the International category and silver in the U.S. National and Belgium categories, and earned recognition as a top firm in California. Crowell is one of only three firms in Illinois to earn a gold ranking both for litigation and prosecution. 

Los Angeles – January 29, 2026: The Los Angeles Business Journal named Crowell & Moring’s Sima Namiri-Kalantari and Amy Karnikian to its 2026 Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys list. This prestigious recognition highlights attorneys who are making a profound impact on the legal community and who serve as trusted advisors throughout the L.A. region.

San Francisco – January 28, 2026: The Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF) has appointed Crowell & Moring’s Warrington Parker to the Board of Directors of its Justice & Diversity Center (JDC), effective Jan. 1, 2026. Jacob Canter will continue his active service with BASF, joining the JDC Board Audit Committee in addition to his ongoing role as Secretary of BASF’s Barristers Club Board of Directors. Both attorneys bring extensive experience and dedication to advancing BASF’s mission to support the legal community and expand access to justice throughout the Bay Area.

Irvine, Calif. – January 27, 2026: John Paik, an intellectual property attorney with more than two decades of experience at leading law firms and technology companies, has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Department in Orange County.

Washington – January 23, 2026: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the arrival of Tanaz Moghadam as Public Service Counsel, further strengthening the firm’s nationally recognized pro bono program.