Insights

New York – November 7, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP is proud to announce that the Legal Aid Society has recognized the firm for its contributions to protecting the rights of low income workers. Each year, the Legal Aid Society recognizes the outstanding work of volunteer lawyers, law firms, corporations, and other professionals who support the Society and/or participate in its pro bono program by providing exceptional legal services to low-income New Yorkers.

Washington, D.C. – November 3, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that it has received 50 practice area rankings in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® 2017 “Best Law Firms” list, 21 of which are first-tier practice rankings. The firm has 18 practice areas ranked among the best nationwide, and 32 practice areas ranked among the best regionally. They are:

Washington, D.C. – October 21, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP was recognized by the Leadership Counsel on Legal Diversity (LCLD) as a 2016 “Top Performer” for its extraordinary participation in LCLD in support of its mission to create a more diverse profession. The firm is one of just 41 LCLD member organizations to receive the recognition.

Washington, D.C. – October 14, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP has been named to Latinvex's list of the top law firms serving Latin America. In addition, the firm has been recognized by the publisher as one of the top seven tax & trade firms and top 20 arbitration law firms in that region.

Irvine, Calif. – October 11, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that Van-Dzung Vu Nguyen, an Orange County-based partner in the firm’s Commercial Litigation Group, is one of 18 honorees among the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s (NAPABA) 2016 Best Lawyers Under 40. The award recognizes talented individuals within the Asian Pacific American (APA) community under the age of 40 who have achieved prominence and distinction in their fields and who have demonstrated a strong commitment to APA civic or community affairs. The award will be presented at the NAPABA’s Annual Meeting on November 3 in San Diego.

Los Angeles – October 11, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the addition of David McFarlane to the firm's Los Angeles office as a partner in the firm's Corporate, Health Care, Tax, and Labor & Employment groups. He brings more than 20 years of experience in the United States and Canada advising on pensions, employee benefits, executive compensation, national and international corporate transactions, and structured finance related to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Washington, D.C. – October 10, 2016: The DC Appleseed Center for Law & Justice has recognized Crowell & Moring LLP for its pro bono contributions to its workforce development project. The firm, along with the other honorees, was recognized at a September 22 reception in Washington for helping to "Build a Better D.C. For All."

Washington, D.C. – October 10, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Claud v.S. "Lex" Eley to its Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the firm's Corporate Group. He brings more than 25 years of experience handling and advising on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and business transactions on both sides of the Atlantic. He serves public and private strategic investors as well as private equity and venture capital firms and their portfolio companies across an array of industries.

London – October 4, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Simon Evers to its London office as a partner in the firm's Corporate Group. Evers joins the firm from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, where he was instrumental in establishing the firm’s English law practice in London.

Washington, D.C. – September 26, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that the American Bar Association (ABA) Health Law Section has named the firm as the No. 2 best health law firm in the Southeast & DC region, an increase from last year’s fourth place ranking.

Washington – September 23, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has been recognized in Global Investigation Review’s “GIR 100” for the second consecutive year, a ranking of the top 100 global investigations practices. The firm is recommended as one of the leading cross-border practices, having advised some of the world’s largest companies on investigations matters ranging from the FCPA to the False Claims Act.

Washington, D.C. – September 19, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that it has ranked third nationwide and first for the D.C. area in the American Lawyer’s 2016 "Summer Associate Survey." The firmwide score was 4.995 (based on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest), with 100 percent of the summer class responding to the survey.

Washington, D.C., September 9, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP represented NRG Yield, Inc. in the acquisition of the remaining 51.05 percent interest in the California Valley Solar Ranch project from NRG Energy for $78.5 million in cash plus assumed project debt of $496 million. The 250 MW facility sells its output to Pacific Gas and Electric Company under long-term contracts. The transaction closed on Sept. 1.

Montgomery, Ala. and Washington, D.C., September 7, 2016 – Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP and four individual black voters alleging that the method of electing Alabama’s most powerful judges violates the Voting Rights Act. The suit maintains that Alabama’s statewide method of electing members of the Alabama Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appeals and Court of Civil Appeals deprives the African-American community of the ability to elect any judges of their choice. Currently, all 19 of Alabama’s appellate judges are white.

Washington, D.C., August 18, 2016: Crowell & Moring represented REAN Cloud, an Amazon Web Services Premier Consulting Partner, in the acquisition of Opex Software, a DevOps company focused on Dev and Test Automation. The acquisition fortifies REAN’s already formidable Infrastructure Automation capabilities. Herndon, VA-based REAN Cloud is a cutting-edge provider of secure, managed applications in the cloud. The Crowell & Moring team consisted of Sam Feigin, Mark Kass, Jennifer Ray, Lorin Dale-Pierce, and Christine Hawes.

Washington, D.C. – August 18, 2016: Thirty-eight Crowell & Moring LLP lawyers were recognized in the 2017 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The selected lawyers received strong ratings from their peers in the publication's annual survey.

Minden, Nevada – August 9, 2016: Robert "Bob" Daisley, one of the writers of the hit song "Crazy Train" and a former band mate of Ozzy Osbourne, filed suit yesterday against Osbourne and Blizzard Music Limited, seeking more than $2 million in unpaid royalties. The complaint was filed in the Ninth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada in Douglas County. Daisley is represented by Crowell & Moring LLP and Snell & Wilmer LLP.

Washington, D.C. – July 27, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that it has been recognized by Working Mother and Flex Time Lawyers for the fifth consecutive year as one of the "50 Best Law Firms for Women." The list distinguishes law firms that lead the industry in creating and using best practices in retaining and promoting women lawyers. "We are honored that our commitment to the development, retention, and advancement of our women lawyers has again been recognized by Working Mother and Flex-Time Lawyers," Crowell & Moring Managing Partner Ellen Dwyer said. "We work hard to ensure that our firm is a place where women can build meaningful careers, and our efforts on this front are designed to empower them—from our Women Attorneys' Network to our broader sponsorship initiative, and beyond."

Washington, D.C. – July 12, 2016: Crowell & Moring is pleased to announce that Andrew I. Gavil, a former office director at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a leading academic authority on antitrust law, has joined its Antitrust Group in Washington, D.C. as senior of counsel.

Washington, D.C. – July 12, 2016: Crowell & Moring partner Troy A. Barsky testified today before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee as lawmakers heard options for how to improve and reform the Stark Law, which currently limits some types of physician referrals for Medicare and Medicaid patients.