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San Francisco – August 14, 2018: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that its clients, 10 officials of the University of California, have prevailed on appeal in a federal lawsuit asserting civil rights violations concerning an “Occupy” protest at the Berkeley campus in 2011.

Washington – January 4, 2018: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that it has elected seven lawyers to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2018. The firm has also promoted 23 associates to the position of counsel. The new partners have been promoted from within the ranks of the firm’s Washington, New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles offices, and underscore the firm’s commitment to its Government Contracts, Litigation, Corporate, Environment & Natural Resources, International Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, and Labor & Employment practices.

Washington, D.C. – March 15, 2017: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that A. Xavier Baker, a Washington, D.C., partner in Crowell & Moring’s Health Care Group, has been selected as a member of the 2017 Fellows Program of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, one of the most comprehensive legal talent development programs in the U.S. The 2017 class has 250 participants, the largest since its 2011 inception.

Recent developments in California case law have strengthened the ability to enforce conditional or tiered payments in commercial contracts and leases.  

The current COVID-19 pandemic has created myriad lease issues for commercial tenants who have closed stores, and are analyzing whether to abate rent during the closure. 

The COVID-19 pandemic is creating a myriad of lease issues for commercial tenants who have closed stores, offices and other commercial properties. These commercial tenants are now analyzing whether to abate rent during the closure and communicating with their landlords. Join us for a discussion of our top level conclusions and steps you can take now to protect your interests.