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Washington – July 14, 2023: Lawyers of Color has recognized four Crowell & Moring lawyers on its Hot List 2023 and two on its inaugural Wonderful Women list.

On March 20, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities”.

President Trump has issued several executive orders relevant to institutions of higher education. Below we detail key provisions of these executive orders to help colleges and universities stay abreast of the everchanging policy landscape, and to provide takeaways to consider while awaiting further federal guidance. 

AUTM’s Annual Meeting invites technology transfer professionals from around the globe to network, make deals and gain valuable insights from world-class speakers and panels.

Attend the 2017 Annual Meeting and you’ll learn why AUTM is the gold standard for professional development in technology transfer. Here you will find an opportunity to network with industry, investors, and nearly every academic research institution in the world in one location. You will gain more knowledge, build stronger relationships, and bring greater value to your office. If you are responsible for marketing, valuation, protection, licensing or negotiating of university intellectual property, or, if you are searching for intellectual property to license, join us in Hollywood, Florida on March 12 – 15, 2017.

Plaintiffs litigate differently. They start with specific goals in mind and adopt precise and tightly-crafted strategies and tactics to achieve them. In this session two experienced litigators from Crowell & Moring will share what lessons corporations can learn from emulating the maneuvers used by plaintiffs -- identifying and relentlessly adhering to goals, strategies, and tactics - to achieve favorable results in complex litigation.

How an agreement defines sublicense income can determine whether a university receives millions of dollars. University technology transfer professionals and legal counsel must think about how to structure license agreements years before an invention may generate income for the university.