Crowell & Moring’s Election 2024 Series Kick-off
Client Alert | 2 min read | 08.20.24
To keep our clients informed about the proposed policies and announced platforms of the presidential candidates and the potential composition of the new Congress, Crowell is launching its Election 2024 series. The series will provide insight and analysis on what the election of Vice President Harris or former President Trump could mean for business, as well as explore what’s at stake in key state and congressional races.
Sign up for our Election 2024 Series where we will guide you through the election and post-election period, providing:
- Pre-Election Analysis: Weekly election updates in the form of webinars, podcasts, client alerts, and other events between now and the November 5 election.
- Transition 2025 Analysis: Key updates during the post-election transition, between Election Day and Inauguration Day in 2025.
- First 100 Days: Key insights during the first 100 days of the new administration.
The Crowell Government Affairs team, working in collaboration with the firm’s practice and industry groups, and C&M International, will gather and share the latest intelligence and updates and help you plan for 2025. Our team is at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) this week and attended the Republican National Convention (RNC) in July.
We will keep you apprised of potential new or changing policies in 2025 as the result of the election, as well as potential new laws and regulations, including in areas such as AI, technology, antitrust, energy, environmental, financial services, government contracts, healthcare, life sciences, tax, trade, and transportation.
Join us for our webinars, podcasts, events, client alerts, and updates from the Crowell Election 2024 Series, Transition 2025 Series, and First 100 Days Series.
Please join us on September 5 for our recap of the RNC and DNC conventions and a map of the political and policy landscape for the 2024 election. Please click HERE to register for that event.
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Client Alert | 3 min read | 11.21.25
On November 7, 2025, in Thornton v. National Academy of Sciences, No. 25-cv-2155, 2025 WL 3123732 (D.D.C. Nov. 7, 2025), the District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a False Claims Act (FCA) retaliation complaint on the basis that the plaintiff’s allegations that he was fired after blowing the whistle on purported illegally discriminatory use of federal funding was not sufficient to support his FCA claim. This case appears to be one of the first filed, and subsequently dismissed, following Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s announcement of the creation of the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative on May 19, 2025, which “strongly encourages” private individuals to file lawsuits under the FCA relating to purportedly discriminatory and illegal use of federal funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in violation of Executive Order 14173, Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity (Jan. 21, 2025). In this case, the court dismissed the FCA retaliation claim and rejected the argument that an organization could violate the FCA merely by “engaging in discriminatory conduct while conducting a federally funded study.” The analysis in Thornton could be a sign of how forthcoming arguments of retaliation based on reporting allegedly fraudulent DEI activity will be analyzed in the future.
Client Alert | 3 min read | 11.20.25
Client Alert | 3 min read | 11.20.25
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