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Firm News 13 results

Firm News | 3 min read | 01.12.22

Crowell & Moring Releases Litigation Forecast 2022: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know for the Coming Year

Washington — January 12, 2022: Crowell & Moring has published Litigation Forecast 2022: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know for the Coming Year. The tenth-annual Litigation Forecast focuses on the intersection of technology, litigation, and intellectual property, including significant changes to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board process, the impact of Google v. Oracle on copyright, new developments in the biopharma space, shifting FTC enforcement strategies, and more. The Litigation Forecast provides forward-looking insights from leading Crowell & Moring lawyers to help legal departments anticipate and respond to challenges that might arise in the year ahead.
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Firm News | 1 min read | 05.13.21

The National Black Lawyers Selects Crowell & Moring Lawyers as Top 100 and Top 40 Under 40 Members

Washington – May 13, 2021: The National Black Lawyers has selected six Crowell & Moring lawyers for inclusion in its Top 100 Black Lawyers and Top 40 Under 40 Lawyers lists. Membership in the organization is by invitation only and is limited to the top lawyers in each region, selected based on their “reputation for providing excellent legal representation and [being] leaders in their respective practice areas.”
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Firm News | 8 min read | 01.04.21

Crowell & Moring Elects Nine New Partners and Promotes 18 to Counsel Positions

Washington – January 4, 2021: Crowell & Moring elected nine lawyers to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2021. The firm also promoted 18 associates to the position of counsel. The new partners have been promoted from within the ranks of the firm’s Washington, Los Angeles, and New York offices and from across several practice groups, including Advertising & Media, Environment & Natural Resources, Litigation, International Trade, Antitrust & Competition, Government Contracts, and Intellectual Property.
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Client Alerts 15 results

Client Alert | 3 min read | 08.08.25

Trump’s “Saving College Sports” Executive Order: New Federal Policy on Collegiate Athletic Scholarships and Opportunities

On July 24, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Saving College Sports” (the “Order”). The White House also released an accompanying Fact Sheet regarding the Order.
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Client Alert | 7 min read | 06.18.25

House Settlement Approved: How to Prepare for Implementation by July 1, 2025

On June 6, 2025, Judge Claudia Wilken issued final judgment in the In re College Athlete NIL Litigation, No. 4:20-cv-03919 (N.D. Cal.), approving the Fourth Amended Settlement Agreement commonly known as the “House Settlement.” The House Settlement drastically changes how Division I athletes are compensated, and will likely have far-reaching implications for higher education NCAA-member institutions and student-athletes.
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Client Alert | 5 min read | 04.03.25

House Settlement Approval Hearing Set for April 7: A Brief Primer

The settlement approval hearing in In re College Athlete NIL Litigation, No. 4:20-cv-03919 (N.D. Cal.) is set for April 7, 2025. Commonly known as the “House Settlement,” the pending resolution between plaintiffs and the NCAA, if approved by Judge Claudia Wilken, could have far-reaching implications for higher education NCAA-member institutions and student-athletes.
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Press Coverage 2 results

Press Coverage | 11.14.13

Major National Companies Try 'Sponsorship' As New Hammer to Break Glass Ceiling

The Washington Post
Crowell & Moring Chairman Kent Gardiner and Washington, D.C.-based partner Kirsten Nathanson and counsel Astor Heaven are interviewed by The Washington Post regarding the firm's Sponsorship initiative. The program, which is the first law firm initiative of its kind in the country, connects partners with young lawyers to fully develop their talents and enhance their careers. Gardiner told the Post, "If you enhance the diversity and perspectives and ways of thinking about a problem based on different life experiences, different approaches, you create more opportunity for innovation."
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Publications 7 results

Publication | 01.12.22

Trade Secrets – Expect Claims to Keep Rising

Crowell & Moring's Litigation Forecast 2022

Events 6 results

Event | 12.13.21, 3:30 AM MST - 5:00 AM MST

The Sedona Conference WG12 Annual Meeting 2021

Astor Heaven will be participating as a panelist and moderator at the 2021 Annual Meeting of The Sedona Conference Working Group (WG12) on Trade Secrets.  The WG12 will be comprised of drafting teams that will lead discussion on various trade secret related topics, with the ultimate goal of advancing draft commentary for publication.  Astor will be leading a discussion on “Sharing Trade Secrets With Other Organizations.”
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Event | 11.08.21, 5:45 AM PST - 6:45 AM PST

AIPLA 2021 Trade Secrets Summit

Astor Heaven will be speaking at AIPLA's 2021 Trade Secrets Summit on November 8 at 1:45 PM CT. He will speak on a panel titled, "What’s New in Non-Competes and Trade Secrets? State law updates to noncompete and trade secrets law (including CA)". 
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Event | 09.10.12, 12:00 AM UTC - 12:00 AM UTC

Minority Corporate Counsel Association's 13th Annual Creating Pathways to Diversity Conference

The MCCA's Creating Pathways to Diversity Conference is designed to provide practical tools and resources that individual attorneys, both in-house and at outside law firms, need to further personal career growth and meet organizational diversity goals, and that organizations need in order to build a better workplace. Conference highlights include a morning plenary session featuring the Honorable Denny Chin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (who became, when appointed a District Court Judge in the Southern District of New York, the first Asian American appointed to a federal judgeship outside the 9th Circuit) and a lunch plenary session on “Race, Gender, Media and the Law.”
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Webinars 4 results

Webinar | 01.25.22, 7:00 AM EST - 8:00 AM EST

2021 Trade Secrets Year in Review and What Lies Ahead

Join us for a webinar discussion as we cover what you need to know about the big cases, changes, and developments relating to trade secrets from the past year. Our discussion will cover three key areas:
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Webinar | 02.16.21, 10:00 AM EST - 11:00 AM EST

Part 2 - Higher Education and the Biden Administration’s Priorities: Are there significant changes ahead?

Make plans to join members of Crowell & Moring’s Education Group for a two-part overview of where the regulations and polices may be headed in the new Biden Administration. We will also highlight hot topics and new developments for 2021. Topics to be discussed include:
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Webinar | 01.19.21, 10:00 AM EST - 11:00 AM EST

Part 1 - Higher Education and the Biden Administration’s Priorities: Are there significant changes ahead?

Make plans to join members of Crowell & Moring’s Education Group for a two-part overview of where the regulations and polices may be headed in the new Biden Administration. We will also highlight hot topics and new developments for 2021. Topics to be discussed include:
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Speaking Engagements 14 results

Blog Posts 27 results

Blog Post | 05.10.22

Restrictive Covenants in the Seventh Circuit

Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends