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Firm News 58 results

Firm News | 3 min read | 04.01.24

Crowell Earns Top Rankings in Legal 500 EMEA 2024

Brussels and Doha – April 1, 2024: The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 2024 edition has recognized 16 practice areas and 11 lawyers in Crowell & Moring’s Brussels and Doha offices. The 11 individual lawyers received 18 total rankings across the 16 different practice areas.

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Firm News | 4 min read | 03.18.24

Crowell & Moring Partner Sadina Montani Running for D.C. Bar President-Elect

Crowell & Moring is proud to announce that Sadina Montani has been nominated by the D.C. Bar Committee on Nominations to become president-elect of the D.C. Bar for the 2024-2025 term.

Firm News | 3 min read | 01.10.24

Crowell & Moring Releases Litigation Forecast 2024: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know for the Coming Year

Washington – January 10, 2024: Crowell & Moring has published Litigation Forecast 2024: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know for the Coming Year. The 12th-annual Litigation Forecast focuses on trends in intellectual property, regulatory and other U.S. litigation, with special coverage of supply chain recovery and international litigation.

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Client Alerts 573 results

Client Alert | 9 min read | 04.24.24

FTC Issues Final Rule Banning Most Non-Compete Agreements

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “the Agency”) voted 3-2 along partisan lines in a special public meeting to adopt the “Non-Compete Clause Rule” (the “Final Rule”), which will prohibit most employee non-competes with retroactive effect, except existing non-compete provisions of “senior executives.” The Final Rule will also ban future non-compete agreements, including for senior executives, with limited exceptions. The rule will not become effective until 120 days after publication in the Federal Register, and covered employers will be required to comply with the Final Rule by that effective date, which could come as early as August this year. By the FTC’s own estimate, this ban could affect up to one-in-five American workers.

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 04.24.24

Muldrow Case Recalibrates Title VII “Significant Harm” Standard

On April 17, 2024, the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Missouri, No. 22-193, holding that transferees alleging discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 need only show that a transfer caused harm with respect to an identifiable term or condition of employment. The Court’s decision upends decades of lower court precedent applying a “significant harm” standard to Title VII discrimination cases. As a result, plaintiffs claiming discrimination under Title VII will likely more easily advance beyond motions to dismiss or motions for summary judgment. In the wake of the Court’s decisions in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (6-2), No. 20-1199, and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Univ. of North Carolina (6-3), No. 21-707 (June 29, 2023), Muldrow will also likely continue to reshape how employers conceive of, implement, and communicate workplace Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (“DEI”) efforts. The decision may be used by future plaintiffs in “reverse” discrimination actions to challenge DEI or affinity programs that provide non-economic benefits to some – but not all – employees. For example, DEI programs focused on mentoring or access to leadership open only to members of a certain protected class could be challenged under Muldrow by an employee positing that exclusion from such programs clears this new, lower standard of harm.

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Client Alert | 3 min read | 04.23.24

DOJ Promises NPAs to Certain Individuals Through New Voluntary Self-Disclosure Pilot Program

On April 15, 2024, the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Nicole Argentieri announced a new Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosure for Individuals (“Pilot Program” or “Program”). The Pilot Program offers a clear path for voluntary self-disclosure by certain corporate executives and other individuals who are themselves involved in misconduct by corporations, in exchange for a Non-Prosecution Agreement (“NPA”). The Pilot Program specifically targets individuals who disclose to the Criminal Division at DOJ in Washington, D.C. information about certain corporate criminal conduct. By carving out a clear path to non-prosecution for those who qualify, DOJ has created another tool to uncover complex crimes that might not otherwise be reported to the Department.

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Press Coverage 173 results

Press Coverage | 03.25.24

Meet President-Elect Candidate Sadina Montani

DC Bar

Press Coverage | 03.20.24

Nursing Home Operators Targeted In Increasing Number Of Litigation Tied To 1099 Misclassification

Skilled Nursing News

Press Coverage | 01.24.24

DOL Raises Penalty Amounts For Legal Violations

SHRM

Publications 61 results

Publication | 01.10.24

Employment: Employer Recruiting and Retention Under the Microscope

Litigation Forecast 2024

Most companies acknowledge that a robust pipeline of qualified, diverse talent is critical. Recent legal developments in the areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and artificial intelligence (AI) are creating potential new challenges for employers trying to maintain those pipelines. The result is likely to be an increase in employment lawsuits in 2024 and beyond.

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Publication | 10.27.23

How Cos. Can Mitigate IP Risks After NY Labor Law Updates

Law360

Publication | 09.26.23

Implications For Private Employers Of The Supreme Court’s Harvard Decision Banning Race-Based Affirmative Action in College Admissions

Employee Relations Law Journal

Events 89 results

Event | 03.12.24 - 03.15.24

Midwinter Meeting and National Symposium on Technology in Labor and Employment Law

Please join us in San Juan, Puerto Rico, for the ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities (ERR) Committee Midwinter Meeting and National Symposium on Technology in Labor and Employment Law.

ERR continues its tradition of partnering with other Section Standing Committees to offer the best of legal education. This year, ERR is proud to collaborate with the ABA Technology in the Practice and Workplace Committee to present cutting-edge programs about AI, developing technologies that will impact the legal profession, and the ethical and privacy concerns that are raised by their use.

Special events include a welcome reception, first-time attendee luncheon and networking reception.

Event | 11.10.23, 11:30 AM EST - 12:45 PM EST

Exploring the Limits of Electronic Surveillance of the Workforce

Event | 04.27.23

The Elevating Black Excellence Virtual Summit

Elevating Black Excellence will showcase Black law firm partners* before an audience of influential in-house counsel. This one-day event, conducted exclusively on a virtual platform, will engage black partners who have extensive legal background in their area of expertise. The one-hour sessions will be moderated by in-house counsel and will feature three Black partners from nationally-ranked law firms. CLE credit will be available for most sessions.

Webinars 88 results

Webinar | 05.16.24, 12:00 PM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT

Third Thursday: Non-Competes and Other Restrictive Covenants – The Current State of Play and Future Considerations

Please join us for the next edition of Third Thursday – Crowell & Moring’s Labor and Employment Update, a webinar series dedicated to helping our clients stay on top of developing law and emerging compliance issues.

Webinar | 03.26.24, 1:00 PM EDT - 2:00 PM EDT

Compliance All Over The Map: Recent Employment Law Developments Impacting Geographically-Dispersed Workforces

Though post-COVID on-site work continues to become commonplace, the challenges of remote work and geographically-diverse teams continue to pose evolving legal, HR, and administrative obstacles for companies. These hurdles shift in parallel to continually changing employment laws, which are often highly nuanced, vary widely between states (including regarding what nexus gives rise to compliance requirements), and prone to frequent changes.

Webinar | 02.22.24, 12:00 PM EST - 1:00 PM EST

Third Thursday: New York State and Local Employment Law Updates