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.”

In the latest sign that federal enforcers remain focused on increasing antitrust enforcement, last Thursday, the Justice Department (DOJ), Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) revealed an online portal, HealthyCompetition.gov, to encourage the public to submit reports on potential anticompetitive and monopolistic conduct in the healthcare sector.  The initiative seeks to address concerns that such behavior may affect healthcare affordability and quality, and employee wages. 

On September 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a much anticipated and contested proposed rule that seeks to establish minimum staffing level requirements for nursing homes.  The proposed rule represents the first time the federal government has proposed comprehensive nationwide nursing home staffing requirements, although various states have already enacted their own staffing requirements.

On July 21, 2023, the Department of Health Care Access and Information of the California Health and Human Services Agency released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Proposed Rule”) with regulations that would implement new financial and ownership transparency requirements for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) in California.

Our global population is growing and aging. Next-generation healthcare is turning to disruptive technologies to improve patient outcomes, increase access, and reduce costs. At this Boundless Impact Investing workshop, we will discuss the latest investment strategies and business models that are generating high returns and significantly improving patient health. Learn from top funds and industry experts as they explain technologies transforming healthcare delivery in neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, nutrition & diabetes, and addiction.

Rates of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) are at an all-time high in the U.S. and public funding is not expected to cover even a fraction of what is needed. Private capital is urgently needed, and for-profit companies are creating data-driven diagnostics and therapeutics to identify and treat OUD patients in more targeted ways. Doug Leslie, PhD, Director of the Center for Applied Studies in Health Economics, Penn State University, Keri Donaldson, CEO & Medical Director, Prescient Medicine and Joy Sun, Co-Founder & COO, Groups, will shed light on which technologies and companies are gaining the most traction in OUD diagnosis and treatment.

Last week, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the "CARES Act"), establishing the largest aid package in our nation’s history. The $2 trillion law, enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, aims to support individuals and companies during this period of unprecedented economic disruption – and it has important implications for the nonprofit community.