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Washington, D.C. – January 13, 2015: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the publication of its third annual "Litigation Forecast: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know in the Coming Year," and the introduction of its first-ever "Regulatory Forecast 2015: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know in the Coming Year."

Washington, D.C. – January 17, 2013: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce it has elected seven attorneys to the firm's partnership effective January 1, 2013. The firm has also promoted three attorneys to the position of senior counsel, and nine associates to the position of counsel. The new partners, senior counsel, and counsel have been promoted from within the ranks of the firm's Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Brussels, and London offices.

In the recent English High Court judgment Gerald Metals S.A. v Timis & Ors [2016] EWHC 2327 (Ch), Mr Justice Leggatt provided the first guidance regarding the interaction of the Court’s powers to grant interim or conservatory measures in support of arbitration with the provisions for emergency measures in arbitration. Such emergency provisions, including expedited appointment of arbitration tribunals and emergency arbitrators, have proliferated among institutional rules in recent years. His guidance suggests that, where arbitral rules provide for such procedures, but the arbitral institution has declined to activate them in support of a party’s application, the English Court will now be loath to interpose its own measures.

In late December 2013, it was reported that the Supreme Court had refused permission to appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal in Secretary of State for Health and others v Servier Laboratories Ltd and others; National Grid Electricity Transmission plc v ABB Ltd and others [2013] EWCA Civ 1234. In so doing, Britain's highest court brought to an end a recent line of litigation concerning a problem which had caused headaches for investigators, litigators, and the English court itself for some years. Surprisingly, perhaps, this problem was a result of a piece of French domestic legislation, the so-called Blocking Statute. 

A 2023 court decision on the legality of litigation funding agreements will likely continue to cast a cloud of uncertainty over collective actions in the United Kingdom at least until the summer of 2025, when a key government advisory board report on the issue is expected to be published.

Jane Wessel will be attending, along with other Crowell & Moring participants.

An exciting mix of a large number of cutting-edge programs with world class experts in a wide array of international law subjects providing valuable insights on important current developments. These programs will be organized into special tracks to assure that there is substantial content readily accessible to your specific area(s) of interest. These tracks include international dispute resolution, international business law, and public international law, among others. Three top flight evening networking receptions so that you can discuss the latest legal, ethical and international issues with contemporaries from across the United States and around the world. The meeting will also have special programming for young lawyers.

A half-day symposium preceding the second LCIA European Users’ Council Symposium for 2008.