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Firm News 6 results

Firm News | 1 min read | 03.06.24

Law.com International’s Middle East Legal Awards Shortlists Crowell’s Doha Office for “Law Firm of the Year” and “Leader of the Year”

ALM Law.com International has shortlisted Crowell & Moring’s Doha office in its premier Middle East Legal Awards 2024 for the categories of “Law Firm of the Year – Qatar” and “Law Firm Leader of Year,” recognizing Doha managing partner Charbel Maakaron.

Firm News | 3 min read | 07.12.22

Global Energy Projects Lawyer Lisa Henneberry Joins Crowell & Moring

Washington, D.C. – July 12, 2022: Lisa Henneberry joins Crowell & Moring as a partner in its Energy practice, bringing more than three decades of experience helping clients navigate and mitigate risk in the global energy sector. Her practice focuses on the development, construction, and operation of conventional and alternative energy projects, including power generation, fuels, and related feedstock, capacity, and offtake arrangements, as well as major industrial development.
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Firm News | 1 min read | 02.02.22

LexisNexis Middle East Shortlists Crowell & Moring’s Denise McLaughlin for Women in Law Awards

Doha – February 2, 2022: LexisNexis Middle East has shortlisted Crowell & Moring’s Denise McLaughlin in the Construction Lawyer of the Year category of the Women in Law Awards in the Gulf Cooperation Council region.
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Client Alerts 20 results

Client Alert | 5 min read | 09.08.23

BABA Black Sheep, Have You Final Rules? OMB Issues Final Implementation Guidance on Build America, Buy America Requirements for Federally Funded Infrastructure Projects

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.
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Client Alert | 2 min read | 10.19.22

New Roads Ahead: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Announced

Last week, the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced nearly $60 billion of funding available to states through DOT formula grant programs in fiscal year (FY) 2023.  States may use these funds, authorized under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to support critical infrastructure, including roads, bridges, and environmental and safety improvements.  The FY2023 grant funds represent a substantial increase from FY2021.  In particular, states will see an increase in grant funds for highway and bridge projects:
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Client Alert | 3 min read | 04.20.22

Small Changes to NEPA Rules Expected to Have Major Impacts on Federal Environmental Reviews of Infrastructure Projects

On April 20, the Biden Administration published final changes to the rules governing how federal agencies consider the environmental impacts of their proposed actions, returning to previous standards that required consideration of indirect and cumulative effects of a proposed action. Although the rule changes may appear minimal, encompassing modifications to two specific regulatory subsections and updates to two definitions, the changes could be significant in how agencies consider impacts on environmental justice communities or effects of climate change from proposed federal actions, including federal agency authorizations and approvals for energy, transportation, and other infrastructure projects. 
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Webinar | 05.05.22, 8:00 AM EDT - 9:00 AM EDT

One-Year Review: Advancing Environmental Justice

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”). 
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Webinar | 11.18.21, 9:00 AM EST - 11:00 AM EST

Infrastructure Webinar Series

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. 
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Webinar | 07.01.21, 9:00 AM EDT - 10:00 AM EDT

The Charging Stations

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:
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