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Firm News 5 results

Firm News | 8 min read | 08.15.24

The Best Lawyers in America 2025 Recognizes 42 Crowell & Moring Attorneys, Three Selected as Lawyer of the Year

Washington – August 15, 2024: The 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 42 Crowell & Moring lawyers as "Best Lawyers" and 29 lawyers as “Ones to Watch.”
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Firm News | 8 min read | 08.17.23

The Best Lawyers in America 2024 Recognizes 47 Crowell & Moring Attorneys, Two Selected as Lawyer of the Year

Washington – August 17, 2023: The 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 47 firm lawyers as "Best Lawyers" and 41 lawyers as “Ones to Watch.”
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Firm News | 7 min read | 08.18.22

The Best Lawyers in America 2023 Recognizes 54 Crowell & Moring Attorneys, Three Selected as Lawyer of the Year

Washington – August 18, 2022: The 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 54 firm lawyers as "Best Lawyers" and 32 lawyers as “Ones to Watch.”
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Client Alerts 82 results

Client Alert | 1 min read | 09.10.25

FAR from Alone: GSA Releases New FAR Companion Guide

On September 9, 2025, GSA released version 1 of the FAR Companion, a living resource guide aimed primarily at assisting federal acquisition professionals. The FAR Companion is designed to provide guidance and recommendations to acquisition professionals to better understand the FAR and related procurement principles for planning, awarding, managing, and closing out contracts. It consolidates practitioner insights, innovation and vendor engagement strategies, handbooks, training materials, and problem-solving ideas into one source.
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Client Alert | 3 min read | 09.04.25

Not Just the FAR, SAM.gov Gets Overhauled Too

The System for Award Management (SAM, available at sam.gov) is set to incorporate Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) changes as early as the first quarter of 2026. The RFO process, which began earlier this year, will trigger matching changes to representations and certifications in SAM.gov.
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Client Alert | 4 min read | 08.20.25

FAR Council Issues Rewrites to FAR Parts 8 and 12

On August 14, 2025, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) issued draft revisions to FAR Part 8 and FAR Part 12 (as well as to FAR Parts 4 and 40). These are the latest rewrites under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) initiative pursuant to Executive Order 14275, “Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement,” which we previously reported on here.
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Press Coverage 1 result

Publications 7 results

Publication | 05.06.21

Advancing America’s Dominance in AI: The 2021 National Defense Authorization Act’s AI Developments

The Journal of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Law

Publication | 09.27.16

A Scarlet Letter: Do the Exclusion Archives on SAM.gov Violate Contractors' Liberty Interests?

Bloomberg BNA Federal Contracts Report, 106 FCR 317

Webinars 5 results

Webinar | 01.18.24, 1:00 PM EST - 2:00 PM EST

The FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act: Key Provisions for Government Contractors

Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Group invites government contractors to a webinar in which we address the most consequential sections of the FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. These include imposition of a new conflict of interest regime for government contractors with a connection to China, require government reporting to Congress on acquisition authorities and programs, and alter other processes and procedures to which government contractors are subject.

Webinar | 04.21.22, 7:00 AM EDT - 8:00 AM EDT

Ukraine Crisis Webinar

Please join us for a discussion to explore key issues in the business community as the war in Ukraine continues to reverberate through the global supply chain.
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Webinar | 03.24.22, 10:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT

Navigating the Landscape of the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Under the American Rescue Plan Act

Join us for a webinar discussion of the U.S. Department of Treasury’s new final rule on the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The final rule governs the state, local, and Tribal governments’ eligible uses of the $350 billion dollars of funds available under ARPA and imposes regulatory requirements on these recipients, which are flowed down to subrecipients and contractors. Our webinar will help contractors navigate the SLFRF, and cover the following key areas:
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Speaking Engagements 22 results

Blog Posts 17 results

Blog Post | 09.05.25

Fastest 5 Minutes: FAR Overhaul, Consulting Services

Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Legal Forum   

 

Blog Post | 09.05.25

Not Just the FAR, SAM.gov Gets Overhauled Too

Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Legal Forum   

 

Blog Post | 08.21.25

FAR Council Issues Rewrites to FAR Parts 8 and 12

Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Legal Forum 

Podcasts 1 result

Podcast | 08.27.25

Fastest 5 Minutes: FAR Overhaul, Consulting Services

This week’s episode covers a DOD final rule most relevant to companies providing consulting services to DOD and the FAR Council’s revisions to FAR Part 8 (Required Sources of Supplies and Services) and FAR Part 12 (Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services), and is hosted by Peter Eyre, Laura Baker, and Rina Gashaw. Crowell & Moring's "Fastest 5 Minutes" is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.
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