Insights

Washington – June 4, 2026: Crowell & Moring earned 92 individual rankings for 81 attorneys, as well as 48 national and statewide practice area rankings, in the Chambers USA 2026 guide. The Chambers guide ranks the country’s top law firms and lawyers through in-depth research, client interviews, and feedback from attorneys at peer firms. 

New York – August 20, 2025: The New York Law Journal has recognized Crowell & Moring partner Anand Sithian as a 2025 “Rising Star.” The award recognizes the region’s most promising lawyers, age 40 and younger, who “represent the pinnacle of legal achievement in New York” and whose “dedication, innovation, and leadership have profoundly impacted the legal profession.”

On August 31, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing a formal framework for the two agencies to share non-public information concerning FDA-regulated products and the companies and individuals engaged in their manufacture, distribution, and sale. The MOU was signed by SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins and Acting FDA Commissioner Kyle Diamantas. It takes immediate effect and runs for three years, subject to renewal, modification, or termination. In a press release, Chairman Atkins described FDA-related disclosures by public companies as having “a significant impact on our markets” and identified the FDA as “a valuable partner in our efforts to administer and enforce applicable disclosure requirements under the federal securities laws.” Acting Commissioner Diamantas framed the MOU as protecting “both the patients who rely on FDA-regulated products, and the public trust that drives health care innovation.”

New York Attorney General Letitia James has issued an industry-wide alert encouraging workers with knowledge of unsafe or illegal conduct at artificial intelligence (AI) companies to file confidential whistleblower complaints through the Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) secure portal. This development signals a significant escalation in regulatory scrutiny of the AI sector and should be carefully considered by any company developing or deploying AI technology that has a nexus to New York.

Crowell & Moring’s sanctions team provides guidance on the rapidly-changing U.S. sanctions against Russia, including measures against various Russian banks and Russia’s central bank, National Wealth Fund, and Ministry of Finance, and how these new sanctions can arise in syndicated loans and other lending arrangements, and loan trading.

Please join us for an update from our Trans-Atlantic team on the current state of the rapidly changing Russia-related sanctions landscape, including new measures both implemented and expected, from the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union. 

Key Takeaway: Domestic reporting companies—meaning entities formed under the laws of any U.S. state or Tribal jurisdiction—have no beneficial ownership information reporting obligations to FinCEN under the final rule.