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Firm News 10 results

Firm News | 3 min read | 06.30.25

Former Microsoft Assistant General Counsel Scott Wise Joins Crowell & Moring

Denver – June 30, 2025: Scott Wise, most recently assistant general counsel for global trade at Microsoft, has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in the firm’s International Trade Group.
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Firm News | 3 min read | 06.17.25

Sharmistha Das, Former Homeland Security, White House, and Senate Official, Returns to Crowell & Moring

Washington – June 17, 2025: Sharmistha Das, who most recently served at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as deputy chief of staff and deputy general counsel, has rejoined Crowell & Moring as a partner in the firm’s Government Contracts Group. She also joins the firm’s Regulatory and Policy Department and will play a leading role in Crowell’s National Security practice, drawing on her experience at DHS working on highly sensitive intelligence matters.
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Firm News | 2 min read | 05.30.25

Kristin Madigan Named 2025 Top Woman Lawyer by the Daily Journal

San Francisco – May 30, 2025: The Daily Journal has named Crowell & Moring’s Kristin Madigan as a Top Woman Lawyer in California in 2025. The annual list celebrates “excellence, impact, and leadership across the legal profession” and recognizes the top 100 women lawyers practicing in California. You can view full in-depth profile of Kristin on the Daily Journal’s website (subscription required).

Client Alerts 91 results

Client Alert | 14 min read | 09.24.25

The Middle East’s Big Bet on Artificial Intelligence and Data Security

The states of the Persian Gulf are moving rapidly to establish themselves as global centers of investment and innovation in artificial intelligence (AI). The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the State of Qatar are making substantial outlays in technology and infrastructure as they seek to diversify their economies away from oil. As important, their governments are implementing digital regulations and AI strategies in a bid to attract foreign investment and develop technology companies that can go toe-to-toe with American and European competitors. 
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Client Alert | 4 min read | 09.17.25

California’s Chatbot Bill May Impose Substantial Compliance Burdens on Many Companies Deploying AI Assistants

California Governor Gavin Newsom has until October 12, 2025, to sign into law a first-in-the-nation bill that will, if enacted, likely impose significant regulatory obligations and litigation risk on companies deploying AI chatbots in California.
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Client Alert | 3 min read | 08.14.25

DSIT's latest findings on AI, other emerging technologies and cyber security

On 8 August, the UK Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (“DSIT”) published a report titled “Emerging technologies and their effect on cyber security” (the “Report”). It examines how the convergence of AI, IoT, Quantum, Edge Computing, Blockchain and other emerging technologies is transforming the cyber threat landscape. We’ve summarised below some of their key findings and takeaways. In the pursuit of growth and efficiencies many companies are considering how to adopt emerging technology into their operational processes, and the Report provides a useful guide as to emerging cyber risks and where the UK Government’s attention is focused as it launches the Cyber Resilience Bill later this year.
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Press Coverage 14 results

Publications 31 results

Publication | 01.28.25

EU Artificial Intelligence Act

On June 13, 2024, the European Union (EU) adopted the Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act), making it the first-ever global law to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in a broad and horizontal manner. The historic measure applies to the development, deployment, and use of AI in the EU. Importantly, the EU AI Act has a certain “extra-territorial” effect to the extent that it is applicable to providers placing AI systems on the market in the EU, even if these providers are established outside the EU.
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Publication | 01.28.25

European Union Health Data Space

In March 2024, after years of preparation, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on a new regulation governing electronic health data. The regulation, known as the European Health Data Space, was first proposed in March 2022 and, when formally adopted, will apply to the primary use and secondary use of health data. This initiative is a key component of the broader EU data strategy and represents the first of nine sector– and domain–specific data spaces outlined in the European Commission’s 2020 communication on “A European strategy for data.”
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Events 5 results

Event | 08.06.24, 1:00 PM EDT - 2:30 PM EDT

Data Privacy Fundamentals in the Age of AI

The American Bar Association CLE program is designed to equip participants with a comprehensive understanding of how AI impacts data privacy, the legal challenges posed by AI technologies, and the strategies to mitigate these challenges. The curriculum covers key topics such as the Colorado AI Act, the EU AI Act, GDPR, CCPA, biometric regulations, AI ethics, data anonymization obligations, and the role of AI in data breaches.

Event | 03.12.24 - 03.15.24

Midwinter Meeting and National Symposium on Technology in Labor and Employment Law

Please join us in San Juan, Puerto Rico, for the ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities (ERR) Committee Midwinter Meeting and National Symposium on Technology in Labor and Employment Law.

ERR continues its tradition of partnering with other Section Standing Committees to offer the best of legal education. This year, ERR is proud to collaborate with the ABA Technology in the Practice and Workplace Committee to present cutting-edge programs about AI, developing technologies that will impact the legal profession, and the ethical and privacy concerns that are raised by their use.

Special events include a welcome reception, first-time attendee luncheon and networking reception.

Event | 02.01.24, 11:30 AM EST - 12:30 PM EST

The Ethical and Regulatory Impacts of Using Your Data to Train AI

Crowell & Moring Associate Gage Javier, a member of the firm's Privacy & Cybersecurity Group, will be speaking at Legalweek 2024, taking place on February 1, 2024 in New York. Her panel, "The Ethical and Regulatory Impacts of Using Your Data to Train AI" will take place at 11:30 a.m. EST.

Webinars 8 results

Webinar | 04.22.25, 11:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT

The Evolving AI Legal and Policy Landscape: Mid-2025 Update

With the launch of Crowell’s Evolving AI Legal and Policy Landscape tracker in 2023, we formed a team of attorneys and policy professionals tasked with monitoring and reporting on the most notable developments around AI. Join us for a roundtable discussion regarding worldwide legal and policy developments since July 2024 and what you need to know in 2025. Our presenters Jillian Ambrose, Sari Depreeuw, Kate Growley, and Linda Malek will explore...

Webinar | 12.11.24, 12:30 PM EST - 1:30 PM EST

Generative AI’s Ethical Tightrope: Balancing Professional Responsibility with Pioneering Potential

Generative AI offers remarkable opportunities to supercharge the ways in which we work across the legal industry. However, its integration into legal practice also presents significant ethical and professional challenges. This course will delve into both the challenges and opportunities, including a discussion of the American Bar Association’s first formal opinion on generative AI, Formal Opinion 512, and other ways in which the landscape has evolved over the past year, to provide an overview of the ethical considerations and best practices for using generative and other forms of AI in legal and legal adjacent work.

Webinar | 03.26.24, 12:00 PM CET - 1:45 PM CET

Get Your Act Together: The AI Act is Coming!

In this webinar, we will start with a general overview of the AI Act, the first horizontal legislation worldwide to regulate the safety of AI-systems, before moving to a few focal points.

Speaking Engagements 37 results

Blog Posts 8 results

Blog Post | 05.03.24

Taking a Closer Look at ONC’s AI Transparency Regulations

Crowell Health Solution’s Trends in Transformation

Blog Post | 12.14.23

Crowell Presents “AI and Health Care: Perspectives from Policymakers and Movers in the Industry”

Crowell Health Solution’s Trends in Transformation

Blog Post | 06.15.23

Coalition for Health AI Introduces Blueprint for Trustworthy AI in Healthcare

Crowell Health Solution’s Trends in Transformation

Podcasts 11 results

Podcast | 09.05.25

Lightning Round: Faith at Work—What Employers Need to Know About Religious Accommodations

Crowell's Rebecca Springer and Corey Hirsch-Lestienne discuss recent developments regarding an employer’s obligation to accommodate employees’ sincerely held religious beliefs and practices and what employers should know if employees request religious accommodations to ensure that they are compliant with the law. The Lightning Round podcast is Crowell’s biweekly rundown on developments and trends in the Labor and Employment space.
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Podcast | 08.04.25

Fastest 5 Minutes: DOJ Guidance re DEI, White House AI Action Plan

This week’s episode covers developments involving DOJ’s guidance for federal funding recipients regarding DEI and the White House AI Action Plan, and is hosted by Peter Eyre, Katie Erno, and Matthew F. Ferraro. Crowell & Moring's "Fastest 5 Minutes" is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.
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Podcast | 06.26.25

Lightning Round: AI Usage by Employees—Safeguards for the Workplace

Rebecca Springer and Jillian Ambrose discuss the legal implications of employees using artificial intelligence in the workplace. The Lightning Round podcast is Crowell’s biweekly rundown on developments and trends in the Labor and Employment space.
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