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Firm News 61 results

Firm News | 5 min read | 08.20.26

Crowell & Moring Earns Top Honors in The Best Lawyers in America® 2027 Edition, with Two Attorneys Named Lawyer of the Year

Washington – August 20, 2026: The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 57 of the firm's attorneys in its 2027 edition, a testament to the firm's deep bench of legal talent across practices and offices nationwide. In addition, 29 attorneys have been named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® list, recognizing outstanding attorneys earlier in their careers. 
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Firm News | 7 min read | 06.04.26

Crowell & Moring Secures Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2026

Washington – June 4, 2026: Crowell & Moring earned 92 individual rankings for 81 attorneys, as well as 48 national and statewide practice area rankings, in the Chambers USA 2026 guide. The Chambers guide ranks the country’s top law firms and lawyers through in-depth research, client interviews, and feedback from attorneys at peer firms. 
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Firm News | 2 min read | 02.23.26

Chambers Ranks Crowell & Moring Practices and Lawyers in 2026 Global Guide

Washington – February 24, 2026: Chambers and Partners has ranked 13 Crowell & Moring practice groups and 20 individual lawyers in the Chambers Global 2026 guide.
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Client Alerts 89 results

Client Alert | 4 min read | 07.22.26

FCPA and National Security Objectives Align: DOJ Announces First Settlement Related to Bribes That Benefited Mexican Cartels

On July 17, 2026, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with The Scoular Company (Scoular), an agricultural supply chain company based in Omaha, Nebraska, to resolve allegations that Scoular relied on customs brokers to bribe Mexican government officials to allow Scoular goods to pass customs inspections and be delivered to Mexico from the United States. As part of its resolution, Scoular agreed to pay a $9,769,521 criminal penalty and forfeit an additional $414,351. Scoular also committed to continue cooperating with DOJ on any ongoing or future criminal investigations, implement a compliance and ethics program designed to prevent and detect violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and periodically report to DOJ on remediation and implementation of compliance measures throughout the term of the DPA.
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Client Alert | 6 min read | 06.09.26

Is Stock-a-palooza Over? Supreme Court allows SEC to Pursue Disgorgement

On June 4, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) can continue to pursue disgorgement as an equitable remedy in securities fraud cases without showing pecuniary loss by investors. The Court’s ruling in Sripetch v. SEC resolves a split between the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which concluded that the SEC must demonstrate pecuniary loss, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First and Ninth Circuits, which declined to require such a showing.
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Client Alert | 3 min read | 03.12.26

DOJ Releases First-Ever Department-Wide Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy

On March 10, 2026, the Department of Justice released the first-ever Department-wide Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (the “Department-wide CEP” or “Policy”), which applies to all non-antitrust corporate criminal cases across the Department. The new policy has been anticipated since December 2025, when Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the Department’s plans to release a new, single corporate enforcement policy for all criminal matters. According to the Department, the new policy is designed to “help ensure consistency across the Department” and “transparently describe the Department’s policies and decisionmaking.”
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Press Coverage 22 results

Publications 17 results

Publication | 11.10.21

DOJ's 'Déjà Vu All Over Again' For Corporate Crime

Westlaw Today

Publication | 12.08.20

Gap Year: COVID-19's Impact on White-Collar Crime Enforcement and Defense

Criminal Justice, Vol. 35, No. 3

Events 34 results

Event | 03.07.24, 2:45 PM PST

Ciminelli, Percoco, Varsity Blues, and the Future of Fraud and Bribery Prosecution | ABA White Collar Crime 2024

Tom Hanusik will serve as a panelist at the ABA White Collar Crime Institute Conference alongside Jonathan S. Sack of Sack & Sack (Moderator), Temidayo Aganga-Williams of Selendy Gay Elsberg PLLC, David Angeli of Angeli Law Group LLC, Lorin L. Reisner of Paul Weiss, David Saratt of Debevoise & Plimpton and Brent Wible, Office of the Assistant Attorney General at U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division.

Event | 03.06.24 - 03.08.24

ABA White Collar Crime Conference 2024

This year, three of Crowell's White Collar Group attorneys will be featured on separate panels at this year's 2024 ABA White Collar Crime Conference.

Join Preston Pugh, Warrington Parker and Tom Hanusik for 2 days of in-depth conversation as they share their insights and breadth of knowledge in the white collar crime space.

Preston will be speaking on "Advances in False Claims Act and Whistleblower Practice ," on Wednesday, March 6.

Warrington Parker will be discussing on "Health Care Fraud Enforcement, Defense, and Corporate Compliance - Where are we today?," on Wednesday, March 6.

Tom Hanusik's panel will cover "Ciminelli, Percoco, Varsity Blues, and the Future of Fraud and Bribery Prosecution," on Thursday, March 7.

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Event | 03.01.23

2023 White Collar Crime Institute

The White Collar Crime Conference will have a full program that includes several “ethics” and “skills” sessions to satisfy the CLE requirements of all state bars. The much-acclaimed panels of United States District Judges, general counsel of leading corporations, and of the Directors of Enforcement of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, as well as senior representatives of the Department of Justice Criminal Division will all return. In addition, on Friday morning, distinguished speakers will explore the ethical issues and challenges that have confronted prosecutors and defense counsel in recent high-profile white collar crime cases.Rebecca Ricigliano will be speaking on the panel, "Brady - How to Actually Get it All." Panelists will explain what constitutes Brady evidence and examine the most effective ways to successfully obtain Brady evidence from the government, including the timing and content of the initial request, motions that should be filed, timing for involving the court, and the record to create in order to be useful if a conviction were to occur.
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Webinars 8 results

Webinar | 05.19.22, 7:00 AM EDT - 8:00 AM EDT

Nuts & Bolts of Investigations: Protecting Privilege

The session will cover the preservation of the attorney client privilege during internal investigations and will examine both the basics of privilege law and best practices for preserving it in the US, UK and EU. Attendees will find this program very beneficial for members of the compliance, internal audit, and legal functions. 
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Webinar | 11.16.21, 7:00 AM EST - 8:00 AM EST

Evolving ESG Standards: Disclosures, Procurement, Insurer Demands, and Beyond

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations are being elevated in corporate, corporate stakeholder, and regulator discourse as never before. Many companies are experiencing ESG pressures for the first time, and indeed they may seem new to entire industries. However, ESG has become an essential institutional investor criteria and will increasingly need to be integrated into the supply and value chains of public and private corporations as financial and other regulators catch up.
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Webinar | 04.11.21 - 04.12.21, 8:00 PM EDT - 8:00 PM EDT

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and International Anti-Corruption Developments 2021

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) is at the top of most companies’ key risk areas. The DOJ and SEC remain focused on investigating violations and enforcement of the law. As more countries and international organizations ramp up their anti-corruption enforcement the need for effective anti-corruption programs grows. This program, taught by a faculty of leading practitioners, in-house counsel, and government officials, will give you the knowledge and tools you need to spot the issues early, develop workable risk management processes, plan and manage internal investigations, and implement effective compliance programs.
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Speaking Engagements 41 results

Blog Posts 3 results

Blog Post | 05.20.25

Crowell’s Crisis Handbook: A Desktop Investigations Guide

Crowell & Moring’s Transportation Law: Moving Forward