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Not-for-profit research institutions are strong sources and drivers of innovation.  

Accounting, cost, and pricing requirements are some of the most complex legal issues for government contractors. Efficient resolution of disputes over compliance in these areas requires a deep understanding of the maze of governing statutes and regulations. At Crowell & Moring, we have unparalleled experience navigating the worlds of the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), cost allowability, Truthful Cost and Pricing (formerly TINA), and contractor business systems.

In March 2025, President Trump nominated John A. Squires for the positions of Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). After being approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee by a vote of 20-2, Squires was confirmed by the Senate on September 17, 2025, by a vote of 51-47 after anti-filibuster measures were invoked. During and after the confirmation process, Squires emphasized several goals for the USPTO during his time as Director. Such goals included:

On 4 December 2025, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) issued a landmark judgment in the joined cases C-580/23 (Mio v. Asplund) and C-795/23 (USM v. Konektra) concerning copyright protection for “works of applied art” (i.e., utilitarian objects such as tables, furniture, lighting fixtures, sofas, chairs, kitchen appliances, vases, and fashion items).

Crowell & Moring’s Boston office opened in 2025 when we joined forces with best-in-class life sciences transactional law firm Faber Daeufer & Itrato. The office builds on Faber’s deep roots in Boston and its 20-year history representing companies, investors, and academic research institutions across the life sciences ecosystem. In addition to life sciences, the office works with clients across diverse industries, including aerospace and defense, health care, financial services, higher education, and professional services, providing includes business critical guidance in areas such as intellectual property, corporate, international trade, antitrust, white collar, data privacy, government contracts, and commercial litigation.

For more than 20 years, Crowell’s Brussels office has provided local and multinational clients with a wide range of dispute resolution, regulatory and counseling, and corporate and transactional legal services, both in Belgium and Europe as a whole. With more than 35 lawyers, our team helps clients to manage their businesses, protect and commercialize their products, mitigate risk, resolve disputes, and navigate the often-complex regulatory environment. We provide both local businesses and leading multinationals with pragmatic, commercial solutions to the challenges that they face. We also offer a one-stop shop for our international clients as they navigate Europe’s multiple jurisdictions and regulatory requirements.

Crowell & Moring’s Chicago office opened in 2021, when 60 attorneys joined from the premier, 100-year-old full service intellectual property and technology firm Brinks Gilson & Lione. Just as Chicago has evolved into a world class technology hub while maintaining its core industries, Crowell’s Chicago office is focused on helping both leading companies and entrepreneurs protect, commercialize, and bring their innovations, creations, and brands to market throughout the world. Our team of lawyers and professionals have deep scientific knowledge and industry experience that strengthens the firm’s ability to help guide clients through litigation, transactions, and a dynamic regulatory environment in the increasingly data and technology-driven global economy.   

The impact of the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine by Russia cannot be overestimated. The people of Ukraine have demonstrated incredible bravery and resilience, but the losses—to lives, infrastructure, and the economy—have been devastating.

Dana UK Axle is a key subsidiary of U.S.-based Dana Incorporated, a leader in the design and manufacture of highly efficient propulsion and energy-management solutions that power vehicles and machines in all mobility markets across the globe. Beginning in 2013, pinion seals manufactured by Germany’s Freudenberg Sealing Technologies — which Dana incorporated into rear axles it manufactured for Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) vehicles — began to fail at extremely high rates. Despite evidence that defective pinion seals were the cause of the failures, Freudenberg refused to accept responsibility, even as Dana reimbursed JLR for the cost of 30,000 prematurely failing components.

Our founders aspired to create a different kind of law firm when they launched Crowell & Moring in 1979. From those bold beginnings, our mission has been to provide our clients with the best services of any law firm in the world through a spirit of trust, respect, cooperation, collaboration, and a commitment to giving back to the communities around us.