Insights

Washington – June 5, 2025: Crowell & Moring earned 80 rankings for 71 lawyers, as well as 43 national and statewide practice area rankings, in the Chambers USA 2025 guide. The rankings are driven by independent interviews of clients and lawyers at peer firms.

Intellectual Asset Management recognized Crowell & Moring in its IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners guide, awarding the firm a gold band ranking as one of the top three firms handling patent litigation and transactions in Belgium, and a silver ranking for the firm’s Chicago office. The firm was also recommended nationally in the United States for trade secrets litigation. This marks the twelfth consecutive year that the firm has been ranked in the guide in Belgium.

Join Crowell & Moring for the International Trademark Association (INTA) Roundtable "Is it Really You? NIL, Deep Fakes, and Personal Branding." Andrew Avsec and Fan Cheng will host a collaborative discussion on Right of Publicity hot topics, including the rise of NIL in athletics, deep fakes, synthetic influencers, and how brand owners can leverage NIL rights to build authentic and resonant campaigns, and the underlying risks.

Calling all dog lovers! Join us for a collaborative discussion on three dimensions of well-being and the superpowers they can provide, while engaging with therapy dogs from Rainbow Animal Assisted Therapy!

Catch up with significant IP decisions rendered in the last year in the areas of copyright, trademark, and patent law. Emily Kappers (Copyright) of Crowell & Moring, Jennifer Mikulina (Trademark) of McDermott, Will & Emory, and Katie Schelli (Patent) of Irwin IP will be explaining helpful takeaways and their potential impacts on the state of intellectual property law. Join us in person at McDermott, Will & Emory at 444 W Lake St. on May 29th beginning at 3:00pm or attend and ask questions virtually starting at 3:30pm. CLE credit is pending.

In a panel moderated by Stewart H. Lapayowker, Esq. (Lapayowker Jet Counsel P.A.) and sponsored by the National Aircraft Finance Association, Crowell attorneys Caroline Brown and Jeremy Iloulian alongside Cassia Sant'Anna (Corporate Trade Compliance Officer for Embraer S.A.) will dive into Russian-related sanctions and export controls and what they mean for the due diligence process surrounding purchasing and selling aircrafts. They will address critical areas such as:

International trade and foreign investment laws are changing quickly, particularly as a result of the heated political environment in Washington, D.C., and rising tensions between the U.S. and China. Even companies that are traditionally out of the flood plain need to heed the potential for a 100-year flood!