Insights

Washington – May 1, 2023: Aaron Cummings, former chief of staff to Republican U.S. Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the most senior member of the U.S. Senate, has joined Crowell & Moring to serve as co-chair of the firm’s bipartisan Government Affairs Group with partner Jim Flood, former Counsel to Sen. Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY). 

Washington – December 15, 2020: The Hill named Jim Flood and Scott Douglas as two of the “Top Lobbyists of 2020.” The list recognizes individuals who “stand out for delivering results for their clients in the halls of Congress and in the administration.” In what has been a uniquely challenging year for influencers, the list features “the people who wielded their clout and knowledge most effectively for their clients.”

On Friday, February 21, Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and Rep. John Joyce (R-PA), the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, issued a Request for Information (RFI) inviting stakeholders to provide comment as the Committee explores the development of a federal data privacy and security framework. After efforts to consider a bipartisan and bicameral bill failed last year under former Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Chairman Guthrie is starting the effort anew, forming a working group with the goal of developing comprehensive legislation “that can get across the finish line.”

The opportunity to create and shape major policies impacting the transportation sector will be teed up in 2025. Some changes will be led or initiated by the change in Administration, some will come from expected retirements or potential changes in majorities, and other changes will be put in the forefront of congressional leaders because of expiring laws. In this client alert, part of our Election 2024 series, we identify some of the expected changes, opportunities, and challenges ahead for transportation policy.

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. 

Crowell & Moring’s Tax Group invites you to join us for the 37th Annual Managing Tax Audits and Appeals. The seminar will provide an overview of everything you need to know about recent developments and hot topics in tax, from planning through litigation, including perspectives from the IRS.

On Tuesday, April 5, 2020 at 3 p.m. Eastern, Ken Dodds of Live Oak Bank, a leading SBA lender, will join Crowell & Moring attorneys and policy advisors in a webinar addressing the CARES Act’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).  Just over a week after the creation of this lifeline small business loan platform, the webinar will address updates to program eligibility, the current SBA Form 2483 borrower application, and loan calculations and forgiveness based on the SBA’s interim final rules and guidance that have been issued in the past week. 

Crowell & Moring will host the 2017 Diesel Technology Forum and Truck & Engine Manufacturers Association Fall Meeting. This meeting will gather government regulators, stakeholders and leaders in clean diesel technology and regulation.

With the midterm elections (mostly) behind us, Congress is working through a list of must-pass items in the remaining days of the 117th Congress. Heading into the new divided Congress in 2023, with the narrowest Senate majority and House leadership not yet decided, we anticipate a move away from the Speaker-dominant House leadership model with small factions and individual members trying to exert influence over the agenda. We will discuss how razor-thin margins in both Congressional Chambers sets up a dynamic whereby President Biden and both parties in Congress will be motivated to find some common ground on legislation during the lame duck session and in the next two years. We will also provide insights into some key committees and issues that will be top priorities in the next Congress.

In this episode, Joe Records and Payal Nanavati talk to Scott Douglas and Charlotte Freed about the mental health provisions in the federal gun safety legislation. The new law included billions in federal funds to support mental health care—a huge investment likely to have major impacts on the industry.