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Firm News 67 results

Firm News | 2 min read | 06.06.24

IAM Ranks Crowell & Moring in Patent 1000 2024

Washington – June 6, 2024: Intellectual Asset Management recognized Crowell & Moring in its IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners guide, awarding the firm a gold band ranking as one of the top three firms handling patent litigation and transactions in Belgium, and a silver ranking for the firm’s Chicago office. The firm was also recommended nationally in the United States for trade secrets litigation. This marks the eleventh consecutive year that the firm has been ranked in the guide in Belgium.
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Firm News | 3 min read | 04.01.24

Crowell Earns Top Rankings in Legal 500 EMEA 2024

Brussels and Doha – April 1, 2024: The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 2024 edition has recognized 16 practice areas and 11 lawyers in Crowell & Moring’s Brussels and Doha offices. The 11 individual lawyers received 18 total rankings across the 16 different practice areas.
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Firm News | 2 min read | 03.14.24

Chambers Ranks Crowell Lawyers and Practices in 2024 Europe Guide

Chambers and Partners has ranked five Crowell & Moring practice groups and seven individual lawyers in the Chambers Europe 2024 guide.

Client Alerts 21 results

Client Alert | 6 min read | 07.25.24

Preparing for the EU’s New Approach to Critical Medicines and Medicine Shortages: A New ‘Critical Medicines Act’?

The EU legal and policy framework regarding critical medicines and medicine shortages is rapidly changing.  In the past 12 months alone, there have been numerous developments: from the ‘Non-Paper’; to the Communication on ‘Addressing medicine shortages’; and the launch of the Critical Medicines Alliance.  In the next 12 months, there is likely to be similar developments – including a possible draft proposal for a ‘Critical Medicines Act’.  As the new regulatory framework becomes clearer, pharma companies will need to understand it, and prepare for the impact it will have.
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Client Alert | 3 min read | 07.02.24

The New Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive

New EU legislation is about to be adopted which will require pharmaceutical and cosmetics companies to pay water pollution costs. More specifically, it will oblige those companies to pay for the clean-up and removal of micropollutants from effluent water. In addition, it will increase the risk of pharmaceutical and other companies facing legal damage-to-health claims. The new EU legislation – called the (Recast) Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (“New UWWTD”) – is expected to be formally adopted in Q3/4 of this year.
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Client Alert | 4 min read | 06.26.24

Preparing for the U.S. BIOSECURE Act

Momentum is building for the US BIOSECURE Act, and it is becoming more and more likely that it will soon become law. It may significantly impact pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and supply chains, particularly if they or their customers do business with the U.S. Federal Government. It is therefore important to prepare now to avoid potentially serious adverse effects.
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Press Coverage 18 results

Press Coverage | 08.14.24

What’s on at the smaller local divisions

JUVE Patent

Press Coverage | 06.20.24

Crowell & Moring Grows Belgium ESG Offering

Commercial Dispute Resolution

Press Coverage | 03.20.24

Crowell & Moring Expands Europe IP Offering

Commercial Dispute Resolution

Publications 40 results

Publication | 01.10.24

International Litigation: Litigating Patents in Europe: A Whole New Ball Game

Litigation Forecast 2024
It’s a whole new ball game for European patent ligation: The Unified Patent Court opened for business on June 1, 2023.
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Events 27 results

Event | 10.23.24, 6:00 PM CEST - 10:00 PM CEST

Your First Steps Towards a Successful Career - Diversity, Inclusion and CV / Application Workshop

Crowell & Moring Brussels is pleased to invite you to the Diversity & Inclusion / First Generation Students Workshop, designed to get you started in the professional world. This workshop is specifically aimed at students (BAC3, MA1 and MA2) from diverse backgrounds and pioneer students (students whose parents do not have a college degree). We want to show you that your cultural and linguistic richness and family background need not be a barrier to your career - quite the contrary!

Event | 03.27.24, 9:00 AM CET - 1:30 PM CET

Hallucinating Deepfakes and Their Human Friends: Life, Love and Law in times of Generative AI

This is an invite-only client event.

Would you replace a human news anchor by synthetic animation? Would you use AI-generated music for a commercial, for a documentary or for a feature film? Would you have an AI tool write a first draft of an article or, inversely, edit and correct human copy? Would you have an AI make the first selection of among hundreds of scenarios? Or would you trust it to pick the ingredients for a hit series? Would you let an AI make trailers and thumbnails of a new series for the socials? Would you have your subscribers chat to an AI to process their complaints?

Event | 05.07.15 - 05.08.15, 12:00 AM UTC - 12:00 AM UTC

ERA - Litigation and Settlements in Patent Disputes

The aim of this seminar is to provide patent litigators and attorneys with practical guidance on how to make the best use of EU and international legal instruments in litigation and mediation/arbitration proceedings.
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Webinars 3 results

Webinar | 02.24.22, 6:00 AM CST - 8:00 AM CST

Selected IP/IT Topics in a Digital Environment

In Collaboration with the IBJ/IJE Intellectual property and information technology law has a broad scope and raises numerous concerns for company lawyers. Furthermore, the question often arises whether traditional concepts can still be applied in a digital environment. Our Technology & IP team will address some of the questions raised in the day-to-day practice, such as:
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Webinar | 07.30.20, 10:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT

Global COVID-19 and Sports: Threats and Responses

The International Law Institute is hosting an Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies (ICTS) Ambassadors' Forum titled, "Global COVID-19 and Sports: Threats and Responses." Crowell & Moring attorneys Chalana Damron, Tom Gies, and Kristof Roox will be presenting, along with several distinguished panelists. Together, they will explore the lessons learned and best strategies to counter current and future challenges to sports as a result of COVID-19.
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Webinar | 07.03.20, 2:30 PM CEST - 4:00 PM CEST

IBJ/IJE Webinar - Practice Group Effective Dispute Resolution: Resolving disputes caused by the COVID-19 crisis – what options does the in-house lawyer have in the short and longer term?

As companies enter the post-COVID era, certain disagreements created by the crisis have not yet been resolved and new disputes linked to this unprecedented period are seeing the light of day. 
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Speaking Engagements 47 results