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Doha, Qatar – Oct. 7, 2026: Crowell & Moring was named Law Firm of the Year – Qatar at the LexisNexis Middle East Legal Awards 2026. The awards celebrate legal excellence, innovation, and leadership among law firms, in-house legal departments, and legal professionals across the Middle East.

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.

The LCIA's 2025 Annual Casework Report contains a finding that should command the attention of any business with commercial exposure to Africa or the Middle East. Participation from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) rose to almost 15% of the LCIA's caseload in 2025, and the UAE alone is now the third most represented jurisdiction globally, overtaking every non-Anglophone jurisdiction in the world.[1] That shift did not happen in isolation. It coincided with the entry into force of the Arbitration Act 2025 (the 2025 Act) — the most significant reform of English arbitration law in a generation — and a dramatic surge in parties deploying the LCIA's procedural toolkit more aggressively than ever before.[2]

In the first days of his Administration, President Trump has issued a number of Executive Orders that mark a significant shift in United States energy and climate policy, marked by deregulation and a focus on traditional energy sources. President Trump’s second term agenda will have profound implications not only domestically but also on the international stage. Understanding the impact of these policies is crucial for businesses and investors alike. This article will explore the effects of President Trump’s agenda with respect to climate change policy, oil and gas, and solar energy sectors.

On August 23, 2023, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its final rule and notification of final guidance addressing implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) provisions enacted with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which requires the use of domestic iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials in infrastructure projects supported with federal financial assistance.  The final rule goes into effect October 23, 2023, and applies to federal awards for infrastructure projects awarded after November 15, 2021.  We previously reported on OMB’s February 9, 2023 proposed guidance here.

Please join a panel of Crowell & Moring’s Environmental and Natural Resources Group for a webinar as they conduct a review of recent federal and state government actions concerning environmental justice (“EJ”). 

Please join Crowell & Moring for an A to Z summary of the Infrastructure Bill on November 18, 2021 from 2 pm to 4 pm when professionals from across the firm will digest and explain the significance of the recently passed Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill (BIB). The Crowell & Moring team will walk through the amount, description, timeline and pathways for funding related to coming infrastructure projects related to (1) roads, bridges and tunnels; (2) power infrastructure and clean energy transmission; (3) electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure; (4) electrification of vehicle fleets; (5) rail; (6) airports; (7) ports and waterways; and (8) environmental remediation and related new regulatory issues. The Crowell & Moring team will also walk through the infrastructure funding mechanisms and explain how federal or state government contracts, and/or public-private partnerships, related to this new $1 trillion in infrastructure investments might take place from late 2021 through 2022. 

Just as with the introduction of the internal combustion engine vehicle more than a century ago, the success of EVs will depend on the buildout of infrastructure required to power them: high-speed charging stations. President Biden’s infrastructure package calls for the federal government to provide $174 billion in incentives for the purchase of EVs, but even more importantly, for the construction of 500,000 fast chargers across the nation by 2030. This webinar will focus on:

The following is an installment in Crowell & Moring’s Bid Protest Sustain of the Month Series. In this series, Crowell’s Government Contracts Practice keeps you up to date with a summary of one of the most notable bid protest sustain decisions each month. Below, Crowell Consultant (and former GAO Bid Protest Hearing Officer) Cherie Owen discusses GAO’s decision in Ares Enterprise, LLC, B-424548 et al., Sept. 3, 2026, which addressed a situation where an agency attempted to issue a task order that exceeded the scope of both the underlying blanket purchase agreement and the awardee’s Federal Supply Schedule contract.

Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. See our State Attorneys General page for more insights. Below are the updates from August 13-19, 2026: