Laura Schwartz
Overview
Laura Schwartz is a counsel in Crowell & Moring's Los Angeles office, where she is a member of the Commercial Litigation and White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement groups. Laura represents corporate and individual clients in high stakes litigation including healthcare fraud, intellectual property and trade secrets theft, data privacy, and related criminal investigations in state and federal courts. Her clients include Fortune 500 companies, multinational health care services and investment bank and financial services companies, university systems, and technology start-ups.
Career & Education
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A., political science, 2004
- Columbia University, M.A., 2007
- Emory University School of Law, J.D., Order of the Coif, 2012
- California
- New Jersey
- New York
Laura's Insights
Client Alert | 9 min read | 02.13.25
FCPA Under Fire: What Companies Need to Consider After Trump's Executive Order
On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order, Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security (“Trump’s FCPA Order” or the “Order”), whose stated goal is “to restore American competitiveness and security by ordering revised, reasonable enforcement guidelines” for the FCPA. Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores American Competitiveness and Security in FCPA Enforcement (“Fact Sheet”). Trump’s FCPA Order is part of his administration’s policy of “eliminating excessive barriers to American commerce abroad.”
Client Alert | 3 min read | 08.02.24
“Help Wanted”: Justice Department Debuts its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program
Client Alert | 2 min read | 01.30.24
Insights
'Help Wanted': Justice Department Debuts Its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program
|08.19.24
Westlaw Today
Cybersecurity Threats Increase Civil And Criminal Liability For Government Contractors
|10.09.23
Corporate Compliance Insights
Gap Year: COVID-19's Impact on White-Collar Crime Enforcement and Defense
|12.08.20
Criminal Justice, Vol. 35, No. 3
"Trade Secrets and Damages in Focus--Identifying, Protecting, and Defending your Assets from the Perspective of the DOJ, Litigators, and Experts," Crowell & Moring Seminar, Los Angeles, CA.
|12.13.23
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12.21.21
Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
Half-Baked Trade Secret Identification Leads Third Circuit to Vacate Preliminary Injunction
|12.13.21
Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
Former Coca-Cola Employee Convicted of Stealing Trade Secrets for the Chinese Government
|05.11.21
Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends Ninth Circuit Allows Defend Trade Secrets Act Claims for Conduct Predating the DTSA
|01.05.21
Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
Virginia Joins States That Restrict Use of Non-Compete Agreements
|12.09.20
Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
Beep, Beep: Road Runner Escapes DTSA Claim, for Now
|09.16.20
Crowell & Moring’s Trade Secrets Trends
Medical Marijuana Companies Can Protect Trade Secrets Under Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law
|10.02.19
Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
Delaware Court Finds L’Oreal Liable for Stolen Secrets
|09.12.19
Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
Practices
Laura's Insights
Client Alert | 9 min read | 02.13.25
FCPA Under Fire: What Companies Need to Consider After Trump's Executive Order
On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order, Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security (“Trump’s FCPA Order” or the “Order”), whose stated goal is “to restore American competitiveness and security by ordering revised, reasonable enforcement guidelines” for the FCPA. Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores American Competitiveness and Security in FCPA Enforcement (“Fact Sheet”). Trump’s FCPA Order is part of his administration’s policy of “eliminating excessive barriers to American commerce abroad.”
Client Alert | 3 min read | 08.02.24
“Help Wanted”: Justice Department Debuts its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program
Client Alert | 2 min read | 01.30.24
