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Firm News | 1 min read | 02.24.26

Law360 Gov Con Practice Group of the Year

Washington – February 24, 2026: Law360 has named Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Group a Practice Group of the Year for 2025. This is the 14thyear that the Group has earned this recognition.
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Firm News | 2 min read | 12.17.25

Crowell & Moring Partners Agustin Orozco and Emily Kuwahara Named to Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2025 Leaders of Influence: Thriving in Their 40s List

Los Angeles – December 17, 2025: The Los Angeles Business Journal has named Crowell & Moring partners Agustin Orozco and Emily Kuwahara to its 2025 Leaders of Influence: Thriving in Their 40s list. The honorees were selected in recognition of their significant contributions to the legal industry and the Los Angeles community.
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Firm News | 1 min read | 09.17.25

Agustin Orozco Named to Top 100 Lawyers List by the Daily Journal

Los Angeles – September 17, 2025: The Daily Journal has named Crowell & Moring’s Agustin D. Orozco to its 2025 Top 100 list. The annual list, which has been presented by the publication since 2004, celebrates California’s 100 most influential attorneys.
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Client Alerts 1885 results

Client Alert | 3 min read | 05.27.26

Don’t Get Left in the Doghouse: The Federal Circuit’s Global K9 Case and the Duty to Intervene

On May 14, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a stark warning to government contractors: when a bid protest is filed involving your contract, failing to timely intervene can cost you the ability to defend your award.  In Global K9 Protection Group, LLC v. United States, the Federal Circuit upheld the denial of K2 Solutions, Inc.’s motion to intervene, finding that K2 had waited too long to act despite having sufficient reason to do so.
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Client Alert | 4 min read | 05.18.26

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

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the cross-agency Trade Fraud Task Force have upped the ante by an order of magnitude in the government’s pursuit of customs fraud. On May 1, 2026—only a few months after setting its previous record-high customs-related False Claims Act (FCA) settlement of $54.4 million with Ceratizit USA, LLC—the DOJ shattered that record with a $549.5 million settlement with Perfectus Aluminum Inc., its subsidiary Perfectus Aluminum Acquisitions LLC, and a set of four affiliated warehousing companies. The Perfectus settlement resolves allegations that the defendants violated the FCA by evading antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD). The settlement resolves three separate qui tam complaints filed by two individual relators and the Aluminum Extruders Council, an international industry association. Defendants were previously criminally convicted on charges related to the same scheme, and those convictions were affirmed by the Ninth Circuit in 2024.
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Client Alert | 2 min read | 05.14.26

Proposed DFARS Rule Could Require Disclosures and Mitigation Related to Foreign Ownership, Control, and Influence (FOCI) on Certain Unclassified Contracts

On May 7, 2026, the Department of War issued the long-awaited Proposed Rule to implement Section 847 of the FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) regarding Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence (FOCI) requirements for contractors. The proposed rule would expand the applicability of FOCI reviews, requiring contractors and subcontractors on unclassified “covered contracts” — defense contracts and subcontracts valued in excess of $5 million that are not for commercial products and services — to submit FOCI disclosures to the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) for FOCI risk assessment (and as applicable, mitigation) as part of contract award. This would effectively require DCSA assessment and adjudication of FOCI considerations prior to contract award. Thus, both cleared and uncleared defense contractors would be subject to the rigorous DCSA disclosure requirements, scrutiny, and FOCI mitigation. Crowell discussed the Section 847 requirements in a prior alert.
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Event | 04.22.26 - 04.23.26

Government Contractors Navigating a Sea Change (OOPS 2026)

Join Crowell for our 42nd Annual Ounce of Prevention Seminar (OOPS) where our experienced practitioners will provide timely and actionable insights on various trending government contracts areas, including acquisition reform, trade and national security, labor and employment, false claims and enforcement, bid protests, cybersecurity and AI, claims, IP, cost and pricing, small business, and grants and infrastructure.

Event | 10.23.25, 7:30 AM EDT - 7:00 PM EDT

2025 Government Contracts 101: Back to Basics

You’re invited to join Crowell & Moring for a day-long program focused on providing an overview of the fundamentals of contracting with the federal government.
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Event | 09.17.25

3rd Annual Midwest Government Contracts Seminar

In this day-long, in-person conference at Crowell’s Chicago office, our experienced practitioners will discuss updates in key areas of government contracts including Executive Orders and federal funding, grants and terminations, M&A, IP rights, protests, information risk management and security, and procurement fraud and investigations.

Webinars 155 results

Webinar | 06.23.26, 12:00 PM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT

Critical Reporting And Labeling Requirements for Products Containing PFAS: What Companies Need to Know (and DO) Now!

Because of recent changes to Federal and State law regulations, companies that manufacture, import, sell, or distribute products or equipment with components that contain certain “PFAS” materials face imminent and overlapping compliance obligations. This webinar will provide actionable information companies can use to determine whether they are impacted by these State and Federal requirements as well as practical advice for complying with these obligations. Topics that will be covered include the following:
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Webinar | 04.16.26, 1:00 PM EDT - 2:00 PM EDT

Innovation Insights: Navigating the Complexities of Employment Law Impacting Geographically-Dispersed Workforces April 2026

Join Sadina Montani, Rachel Lesser, and Stephon Howie for a discussion on the current state of employment law as it pertains to geographically diverse workforces. 

Webinar | 04.14.26, 12:00 PM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT

Debunking CSOs: What Government Contractors and New Entrants Need to Know

Commercial Solutions Openings (CSOs) represent a new and exciting opportunity for some, a disruptive force for others, and one of many strategic tools for more. Our upcoming roundtable discussion with Oliver Wyman, a Marsh business, brings together perspectives so you can gain a clear, practical understanding of what CSOs mean for your pipeline, risk posture, and next bid.

Speaking Engagements 909 results

Blog Posts 261 results

Blog Post | 05.15.26

Fastest 5 Minutes: Fixed Price Contracting EO, FCA, FOCI

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Podcasts 356 results

Podcast | 05.22.26

All Things Protest: Final Proposal Revisions and Federal Circuit Opinions

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Podcast | 05.15.26

Fastest 5 Minutes: Fixed Price Contracting EO, FCA, FOCI

This week’s episode covers a new Executive Order on fixed-price contracting, a new DOJ initiative targeting coordination with data-mining qui tam relators, and a proposed rule that would extend FOCI reviews to uncleared defense contractors, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. 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 | 04.28.26

Fastest 5 Minutes: DEI EO, SBIR, Pentagon Budget

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