Insights

New York – June 22, 2021: Glen G. McGorty and Rebecca Monck Ricigliano have authored a chapter of the upcoming publication from the National Association of Attorneys General: The Anticorruption Manual: A Guide for State Prosecutors. The book, which provides an overview of prosecuting corruption in the United States, is the first publication in 30 years dedicated to guiding prosecutors who investigate and charge public corruption crime. It is also the first of its kind to address the needs of state and local corruption prosecutors. 

New Orleans – June 16, 2021: Voice of the Experienced (VOTE), a Louisiana-based grassroots organization founded and run by formerly incarcerated people, and Advancement Project, a next-generation, multi-racial civil rights organization, along with Crowell & Moring LLP, celebrated the enactment of Act 127 – H.B. 378 in Louisiana, which was signed into law on June 10, 2021. The bill will ensure that individuals sentenced only to probation will not lose their voting rights due to a felony conviction, and will prevent government officials from expending unnecessary resources to suspend voting rights, and then having to work to restore them for people who should not have been suspended from voter rolls in the first place. More than 30,000 people are currently estimated to be on probation in Louisiana, and the new law will help additional people each year as new individuals are sentenced to probation.

Washington – June 14, 2021: Crowell & Moring has been recommended in six practice areas in the 14th edition of the Legal 500 United States. In addition, partner Daniel R. Forman, co-chair of the firm’s Government Contracts Group and Management Board member, has been named to Legal 500’s “Hall of Fame” for Government Contracts, and Antitrust & Competition partner Megan L. Wolf has been named a “Next Generation Partner” for Merger Control. The firm’s full rankings can be viewed here.

Doha – June 9, 2021: Crowell & Moring hosted a virtual event for the U.S. Embassy in Qatar to discuss the latest developments in key areas of law which impact the business landscape in the country. As part of Crowell & Moring’s commitment to increasing foreign investment in Qatar, seven lawyers from the firm’s Doha office presented a tailored overview of various areas of interest to senior representatives from the U.S. Embassy.

San Francisco – June 7, 2021: Crowell & Moring represented venture capital fund client Konvoy Ventures in six equity investments set to turbo-charge the gaming space.

Washington – June 2, 2021: Crowell & Moring chair Philip T. Inglima and pro bono partner Susan M. Hoffman are the co-chairs of The Legal Aid Society of The District of Columbia's $3-million fundraising campaign, called Making Justice Real Campaign, which launched this week and will provide free legal services to poverty-stricken individuals and families living in Washington, D.C.

Doha – May 28, 2021: Crowell & Moring and the American Chamber of Commerce in Qatar (AmCham) hosted a webinar on foreign direct investment (FDI) in Qatar. The virtual discussion, which took place on Thursday, May 27, 2021, was led by Charbel Maakaron, managing partner of the Crowell & Moring Doha office, and Arnaud Montouché, counsel at the firm.

New York – May 26, 2021: S. Starling Marshall, a partner in Crowell & Moring’s Tax and Litigation groups in New York, has been elected as a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel.

Washington – May 20, 2021: Chambers and Partners has ranked 63 Crowell & Moring lawyers in 75 rankings across 41 categories in the Chambers USA 2021 guide, an increase of 10 lawyers, 13 rankings and 8 categories over last year’s results. In addition, 30 practice areas were also ranked in the guide, up from 21 practices last year. The regional and national rankings are driven by independent interviews of clients and lawyers.

San Francisco – May 20, 2021: The Daily Journal has named partner A. Marisa Chun to its 2021 list of Top Women Lawyers in California. The annual award series recognizes the successes and victories of women lawyers in the courtroom and at the negotiating table, as well as their advancements in the legal industry. Chun is a member of Crowell & Moring’s Litigation Group in the firm’s San Francisco office and is co-chair of the firm’s Appellate practice.

Washington – May 19, 2021: The Deal, an award-winning financial news organization, is proud to announce that Crowell & Moring LLP’s Megan Wolf has been named to its 2021 Top Rising Stars list.

Los Angeles – May 19, 2021: The Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles County Bar Association are calling on the legal industry to redouble its commitment to programs and policies that aim to retain and advance women lawyers.

Washington – May 18, 2021: Redoubling its commitment to diversity, Crowell & Moring’s incoming summer associate class is more than 75 percent women and diverse, the most in the firm’s history.

Washington – May 11, 2021: Crowell & Moring and IHS Markit hosted a panel in honor of Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The virtual event gathered leading Asian American scholars and community advocates, as well as over 200 attendees both internal and external to the hosting organizations, to discuss the complex and untaught history of anti-Asian racism, misogyny, fetishism, dehumanization, scapegoating, and xenophobia.

Washington, D.C. – May 13, 2020: Kate Beale is joining Crowell & Moring and Crowell & Moring International LLC (CMI), bringing more than two decades of U.S. and international experience leading global health, international trade, investment, and economic policy in Congress, the Obama-Biden administration, foreign markets, and in C-suites across Global Fortune 500 companies.

Washington – May 13, 2021: The National Black Lawyers has selected six Crowell & Moring lawyers for inclusion in its Top 100 Black Lawyers and Top 40 Under 40 Lawyers lists. Membership in the organization is by invitation only and is limited to the top lawyers in each region, selected based on their “reputation for providing excellent legal representation and [being] leaders in their respective practice areas.”

Washington – May 7, 2021: Crowell & Moring has published its fourth annual “Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Report,” which highlights the firm’s initiatives aimed at increasing diversity and ensuring equity and opportunity firmwide. Building on its longstanding commitment to fostering a workplace that supports and develops employees of all backgrounds, the firm made significant progress in 2020.

Washington – May 5, 2021: Crowell & Moring is pleased to announce that Lisa Kimmel has been shortlisted for Concurrences and George Washington University’s “2021 Antitrust Writing Awards” for her article, “The Patent Market Power Fallacy.” The article originally appeared in The Licensing Journal. The award honors the best antitrust articles published in the past year, and will be announced during a virtual awards ceremony on Wednesday, June 30th. Kimmel is a finalist for the “best academic article” in the intellectual property category.

London – May 5, 2021: Peter Broadhurst, a highly regarded competition lawyer, is joining Crowell & Moring’s London office as a partner, expanding the firm’s capability to advise clients on their most complex U.K. and EU competition matters.

Washington, DC – May 5, 2021:  The Maryland Office of the Public Defender, the Talbot County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), attorney Kisha Petticolas, and community activist Richard M. Potter today joined with the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland and the Washington, D.C. law firm Crowell & Moring LLP to file suit in federal district court in Baltimore challenging as  racist and illegal Talbot County’s placement and retention of a Confederate monument on the grounds of the county courthouse in Easton — the last on public land in Maryland.