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London – October 14, 2025: Crowell & Moring U.K. LLP has been recommended in five practice areas in the Legal 500 United Kingdom 2026.

New York – August 22, 2025: Crowell & Moring lawyers Randa Adra, Joshua Lindsay, Edmund Northcott, and Evelien Van Espen authored a chapter in the sixth edition of Global Arbitration Review’s The Guide to Construction Arbitration. Their chapter explores the allocation of risk in construction contracts, including covering issues like cost overruns, design errors, unforeseen conditions, and delays.

September 2026 marks the first anniversary of the corporate criminal offence of failure to prevent fraud coming into force under section 199 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA). The Home Office guidance recommends that organisations review their fraud prevention measures at least every 12 months.

The UK Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed the appeal of Mr Francesco Costa, former chairman of Spring Media Investments Limited, in the first Supreme Court judgment to consider the scope of the duty under section 172(1) of the Companies Act 2006. The foundational position is that good faith requires honest conduct as well as honest thinking. A director's genuine belief that they are acting in the company's best interests will not excuse covert or disloyal conduct in pursuit of that belief. 

From 1 April 2026, a major new transparency requirement under the Procurement Act 2023 will take effect pursuant to the Procurement Act 2023 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2025.