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Washington – June 6, 2024: Crowell & Moring earned 78 rankings for 67 lawyers, as well as 41 national and statewide practice area rankings, in the Chambers USA 2024 guide. The rankings are driven by independent interviews of clients and lawyers at peer firms.

Washington, D.C. – July 17, 2023: Crowell & Moring hosted its 24thannual George Bailey Public Service Awards ceremony. Named after the hero of the classic movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” these awards recognize the firm’s lawyers and staff who have made a substantial impact on the lives of others.

On August 21, the Supreme Court, in National Institutes of Health v. American Public Health Association, granted the government’s application for a stay of the district court’s order vacating NIH’s termination of various research grants. The Court denied the government’s application with respect to the district court’s vacatur of related internal guidance documents. The Court’s order impacts federal government grantees who wish to challenge grant terminations in federal court.

Underscoring the Administration’s intention to eradicate DEI preferences and mandates, the Department of Justice (DOJ) launched a new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative (Initiative) to be co-led by DOJ’s Civil Rights Division and Fraud Section. In response, Crowell launched its own DEI and Civil Fraud Initiative to support clients in managing the heightened risks associated with this new enforcement landscape.

On May 29, 2025, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County. In a five-justice majority opinion written by Justice Kavanaugh, the Court held that the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) does not require review of the environmental impacts of “upstream” or “downstream” related projects, and reiterated: “The bedrock principle of judicial review in NEPA cases can be stated in a word: Deference.”[1] This decision comes as the federal government works to expedite what over the years have become lengthy NEPA review processes, and not long after the White House Council on Environmental Quality rescinded its NEPA regulations.

In class action lawsuits, much of the focus is on pretrial motions—and often, the appeal of lower court rulings on those motions. But for defendants, two trends could make it more difficult to win on those appeals.

LIKE MANY AMERICANS, courts and attorneys in 2020 found themselves having to take a crash course in how to use technology to work remotely during the COVID-19 crisis. For courts in particular, this has been an especially challenging period, as they have had to upend traditional practices and find innovative ways to keep the wheels of justice turning while ensuring the health and safety of everyone involved.

Please join Crowell & Moring and Roux Associates for an American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy and Resources (ABA SEER) Happy Hour. Our special guest will be Matt Leopold, EPA General Counsel.

The day after the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Kisor v. Wilkie, Crowell & Moring Counsel Amanda Shafer Berman is speaking on a DC Bar Panel to recap the argument and discuss likely outcomes, as well as future implications for administrative law. In Kisor, the Court is considering whether to overrule its holdings in Auer and Seminole Rock, which direct courts to defer to an agency's reasonable interpretation of its own ambiguous regulation.

Electric vehicles are taking off, and the new Administration intends to help them along through incentive programs and federal procurement of a fleet of EVs. EVs provide tremendous opportunities, but they also pose their own challenges and legal risks. Crowell & Moring is happy to announce a webinar series dedicated to issues related to electric vehicles, both for manufacturers and purchasers.  We will cover everything from manufacturing EVs, to developing the charging station infrastructure, to considerations of the source of the electricity for those charging stations and how that impacts EV “fuel economy,” to reclamation and recycling of EV batteries. 

Please join us for an interactive webinar on May 18th to analyze the outcomes of the Leaders’ Climate Summit in April and explore ways the Biden Administration may implement its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to reduce the economy’s greenhouse gas emissions.