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Firm News 220 results

Firm News | 2 min read | 09.17.26

Crowell & Moring Adds California Employment Litigator Nima Darouian

Los Angeles – September 17, 2026: Nima Darouian, an employment litigator with more than 15 years of experience handling sensitive employment disputes, has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in the firm’s Labor & Employment Group in Los Angeles. His practice focuses on wage and hour class actions and representative matters under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA).
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Firm News | 1 min read | 09.10.26

Amy Karnikian Recognized Among Business Aviation’s 2026 Top 40 Under 40

Los Angeles – September 10, 2026: The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has named Crowell & Moring’s Amy Karnikian to its 2026 Business Aviation Top 40 Under 40 list in the Business Management category. The annual recognition honors emerging leaders whose professional achievements, community involvement, innovative thinking, and commitment are helping shape the future of business aviation. 
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Firm News | 5 min read | 08.20.26

Crowell & Moring Earns Top Honors in The Best Lawyers in America® 2027 Edition, with Two Attorneys Named Lawyer of the Year

Washington – August 20, 2026: The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 57 of the firm's attorneys in its 2027 edition, a testament to the firm's deep bench of legal talent across practices and offices nationwide. In addition, 29 attorneys have been named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® list, recognizing outstanding attorneys earlier in their careers. 
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Client Alerts 546 results

Client Alert | 6 min read | 09.14.26

Mental Health Parity Bulletin Restates Best Practices for Evaluating Compliance

On September 8, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) issued “Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2026-03” to clarify compliance with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) and nonquantitative treatment limitations (NQTL). Under the 2013 final rule implementing MHPAEA, health plans and issuers must use comparable processes, strategies, evidentiary standards, or other factors when applying NQTLs and they cannot apply such methods more stringently to benefits for mental health and substance use disorder (MH/SUD) compared to benefits for general medical and surgical care. While the bulletin doesn’t break much new ground on compliance, it does reaffirm existing enforcement priorities and expectations. 
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Client Alert | 5 min read | 09.02.26

DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative Claims Another DEI-Related FCA Settlement

On Tuesday, August 25, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Deloitte LLP and several of its subsidiaries agreed to pay, collectively, $21.5 million to resolve allegations that Deloitte violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by failing to comply with new anti-discrimination requirements incorporated into its federal contracts, by discriminating against employees and applicants on the basis of race and sex, and by allocating and seeking reimbursement for costs related to those practices under its federal government contracts. This resolution is the second of its kind under DOJ’s recently launched Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, following a similar settlement by IBM in April 2026.
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Client Alert | 7 min read | 08.19.26

CMS’s Final Rule Bans Federal Medicaid Funding for Youth Gender-Affirming Care

On August 13, 2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published its final rule banning the use of federal funds — through Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) — to pay for gender-affirming care for children and youth. The final rule takes effect October 13, 2026 (“Prohibition on Federal Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program Funding for Sex-Rejecting Procedures Furnished to Children”). While CMS finalized several key elements of its late-2025 proposed rule (Client Alert December 24, 2025), the proposed Medicare hospital Condition of Participation rule remains in proposed form.
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Press Coverage 267 results

Press Coverage | 08.03.26

Threat or Opportunity? Clients Ask Law Firms for Their Data Back

The American Lawyer

Press Coverage | 07.23.26

Training AI Tools on Client Data? Talk to Clients First

The American Lawyer

Publications 136 results

Publication | 04.24.26

Medicaid Plan M&A: Navigating an Increasingly Complex State Environment

American Health Law Association’s Health Law Weekly

Events 136 results

Event | 11.04.25, 4:30 PM PST - 7:30 PM PST

Pioneering Environmental Law in the Space Industry

Join Crowell & Moring and Space Beach Law Lab for an exclusive panel discussion and networking reception focused on the rapidly evolving environmental law landscape in the space industry.

Event | 10.16.25 - 10.19.25, 4:00 PM PDT - 12:30 PM PDT

34th Annual Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite

The Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite® is nationally recognized as the largest and most prestigious gathering in California of leaders in environmental, land use, and natural resources law. We hope you will join us and many of our nation’s top environmental officials, lawyers, and other professionals for four days of legal education and collegiality in Yosemite.

Event | 09.29.25 - 09.30.25

States General International Trade Compliance Conference (2nd Edition)

Hosted by Studio Legale Padovan, the second edition of the States General International Trade Compliance is designed to explore the most current and strategic issues in trade compliance.

Webinars 59 results

Webinar | 10.06.26, 1:00 PM EDT - 2:00 PM EDT

The Supreme Court: Review and Preview

The Supreme Court's recent terms have produced consequential decisions across health care, executive authority, and civil litigation—and the trends shaping 2026 and beyond are accelerating.

Webinar | 06.10.26, 12:30 PM EDT - 1:30 PM EDT

The Next Frontier — Surveillance & Personalized Pricing

 Join Crowell partners Joanna Forster, Toni Michelle Jackson, and Jordan Ludwig for a focused discussion on the risks your business faces and the concrete steps you can take now — from reviewing your pricing practices and privacy policies to managing risks. 

Webinar | 09.18.25, 12:00 PM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT

Supply Chain Mapping in the Era of National Security: Strategies for Trade Compliance, Tariff Mitigation, and Human Rights Risk

In today’s geopolitical climate, national security has emerged as a central driver of global trade policy, reshaping how governments scrutinize supply chains and enforce trade compliance. From the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and Section 301/232 tariffs to escalating government inquiries, companies must now treat supply chain transparency as a core legal and operational imperative.

Blog Posts 324 results

Blog Post | 06.04.26

Executive Order on Strengthening Customs Enforcement

Crowell & Moring's International Trade Law

Blog Post | 06.01.26

(Not) All’s Weld That Ends Weld: Duty Evasion Scheme Ends in Historic $549.5M FCA Settlement

Crowell & Moring's Government Contracts Legal Forum

Podcasts 51 results

Podcast | 03.02.26

Let’s Talk FCA: Gender-Affirming Care and Anti-DEI Executive Orders

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Podcast | 02.10.26

Let's Talk FCA: Developments Regarding Constitutional Challenges to the Qui Tam Provisions

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Podcast | 10.03.25

Global Trade Talks: Trade Frustration on the Ground

Global Trade Talks co-hosts Nicole Simonian and Dj Wolff welcome Karen Gerwitz, President of the World Trade Center Denver, as she provides insight to our listeners on how companies are managing and operating in this uncertain trade environment where they are often waiting for the next shoe to drop. Global Trade Talks is a podcast that shares brief perspectives on key global issues on international trade, current events, business, law, and public policy as they impact our lives.
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