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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.

New regulations, changes to existing laws, and other regulatory or enforcement shifts can have ripple effects that disrupt business-as-usual, inhibit innovation, and even imperil entire industries. Our administrative law practice combines our deep familiarity with administrative procedure with an extensive knowledge of federal (and many state) agencies and their processes to obtain results beneficial to our clients' interests, whether through rulemaking proceedings, informal presentations, agency adjudicative or enforcement proceedings, or in the courts, if necessary.

Advertising is essential for your business. It is also one of the largest sources of risk you face. Everyone is watching: consumers, competitors, regulators, and class action lawyers. Take too conservative a path and nobody will pay attention to your ads. Step over the line, and you may attract unwanted attention that could embroil your company in a costly investigation or litigation – not to mention possible reputational damage. The most successful businesses chart a path of maximum impact, investing in advertising claims that truly differentiate them, while successfully managing legal risk.

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.   

Crowell & Moring's Denver office opened in 2021. The team represents clients ranging from emerging businesses advancing cutting-edge energy innovations to middle market and Fortune 100 companies in the health care, hospitality, food and beverage, agribusiness, technology, telecommunications, sports and entertainment, and manufacturing sectors.

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.