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Washington – June 24, 2024: Crowell & Moring has been recommended in eight practice areas in the 17th edition of the Legal 500 United States. In addition, partner Daniel Forman, co-chair of the firm’s Government Contracts Group, has been named to the Legal 500’s “Hall of Fame” for Government Contracts.

Washington, D.C. – June 24, 2013: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that it has been named by the National Law Journal (NLJ) as the "Washington, DC Litigation Department of the Year" in the "General Civil Litigation" category. In its special report, the NLJ editorial team evaluated litigation departments in the nation's capital based on several criteria including operations, headcounts, revenues, and biggest wins. As a result of their research and findings, the team selected six "excellent firms" in this first-ever, Washington, D.C.-based contest. "We are honored to be recognized for excellence based on our litigation, trial, and appellate results that have a distinct Washington, D.C. component – cases that can't be won in the court alone but require deep knowledge of the political and regulatory landscapes that offer clients the best solutions," said Crowell & Moring Chairman Kent A. Gardiner. "We have extremely talented and formidable litigators and  regulatory experts, and that team has made us a go-to law firm for clients facing complex, high stakes litigation."

Washington, D.C. – October 5, 2011: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to invite members of the media and industry to attend its one-day seminar, “Product Risk Management: A Product Lifecycle Approach to Identifying, Mitigating and Managing Legal Risks,” on October 19, 2011, from 8:45 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. at the firm’s offices in Washington, D.C. As regulatory compliance and enforcement risks for industry have increased, this one-day event for manufacturers and suppliers will feature insights from business executives, in-house counsel, and Washington agency officials.

Rule 16.1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, titled “Multidistrict Litigation,” takes effect today, December 1, 2025. The adoption of this rule provides a long-awaited framework specific to district courts’ management of MDL proceedings. However, many critics of the new rule are concerned that it does not impose mandatory obligations on MDL courts, and thus lacks the teeth required to establish meaningful change.

When a company learns that it may wind up as a defendant in a multidistrict litigation (or MDL), it may initially feel like a disaster. Between expensive, drawn out, and complicated legal proceedings and the possibility of outsized damages and company-threatening liability, it is difficult to imagine the upside. However, MDLs may not be as unfavorable a forum for defendants as they initially seem.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) took its first leap toward removing unintentional regulatory roadblocks for autonomous vehicle (AV) developers. On March 17, NHTSA released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to modernize numerous Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS), and clarify ambiguities in current occupant protection standards for vehicles equipped with automated driving systems (ADS) that are designed without traditional manual controls.

In the National Law Journal (NLJ) special report "Washington Litigation Departments of the Year," Crowell & Moring was named "Department of the Year" in the "General Civil Litigation" category. For this report, the NLJ editorial team evaluated litigation departments in the nation's capital based on several criteria including biggest wins, revenues, headcounts, and operations. As a result of their research and findings, the team selected six "excellent firms" in this first-ever, Washington, D.C.-based contest. When asked about the firm's key to success, firm chairman and Washington, D.C.-based partner, Kent Gardiner, remarked, "Clients bet on us because we bet on ourselves to win for them, and we collaborate to structure our fees around our ability to achieve success as they define it."

Crowell & Moring’s Advertising & Product Risk Management Group presents our second annual seminar on crisis management.  Legal, business and public relations professionals will examine ways to reduce, and in some cases, eliminate the risk of a product crisis throughout the product lifecycle. From concept design through product launch, our panelists will discuss their approaches to minimizing the risk of product defects, port seizures, advertising claims, and class action litigation.

Crowell & Moring is pleased to announce our Product Risk Management Seminar - a one-day event for manufacturers and suppliers that will provide updates and guidance on the myriad legal issues related to product development, manufacturing and distribution.

Aggressive enforcement, massive recalls and proactive safety agendas left an indelible impression on the product safety world under the Obama administration. Product safety is no longer a bipartisan affair. But what will the Trump administration mean for your regulatory compliance programs? What changes will we see and how will they affect your safety program?