Insights

Washington – August 17, 2023: The 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 47 firm lawyers as "Best Lawyers" and 41 lawyers as “Ones to Watch.”

Washington – June 1, 2023: Crowell & Moring earned 82 rankings for 68 lawyers across 48 categories, as well as 37 national and statewide practice area rankings, in the Chambers USA 2023 guide. The rankings are driven by independent interviews of clients and lawyers at peer firms.

Washington – August 18, 2022: The 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 54 firm lawyers as "Best Lawyers" and 32 lawyers as “Ones to Watch.”

Only two asbestos bankruptcy cases were filed in 2019 – the lowest number in any one year since Congress enacted the special asbestos bankruptcy trust/channeling injunction statute, Section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. 

On December 20, 2018, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s decision granting summary judgment in favor of an insurer, holding that under West Virginia law the insurer owed no duty to defend or indemnify a pain management medical office (doing business as “Responsible Pain”), or a doctor (the sole owner and also a named insured), for sexual misconduct claims asserted by five patients. State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company v. Allegheny Medical Services, No. 18-1558, 2018 WL 6720635 (4th Cir. Dec. 20, 2018).

Chair of Crowell & Moring's Bankruptcy Group Mark D. Plevin is featured in an overview story on asbestos-related liabilities in The Deal. 

Crowell & Moring partner Mark D. Plevin is featured in American Lawyer for his comments on the decline of asbestos case filings since 2003. The article cites Crowell & Moring statistics that show, "bankruptcy filings offer additional evidence that asbestos litigation is no longer the dire threat that defendants claimed." 

Crowell and Moring attorneys are featured in the nation’s premier insurance coverage meeting, the ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar where attendees learn about the very latest developments in insurance law from leading lawyers and insurance professionals. Partner Laura Foggan is speaking on privacy terms and other implications of the GDPR, Partner Mark Plevin is addressing differences in coverage allocation law across several key jurisdictions and Counsel Stephanie Corrao is discussing insurance coverage for cyber losses.  

The Association of Insurance & Reinsurance Run-Off Companies (AIRROC) will hold its First Annual West Coast Insurance and Reinsurance Conference at the Balboa Bay Club and Resort in Newport Beach, California.  Crowell & Moring is one of the co-chairs of this event.

This event will be held at The Jumeirah Essex House in New York City.