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Firm News 16 results

Firm News | 1 min read | 12.03.24

Washingtonian Names Five Crowell & Moring Partners to 2024 “Top Lawyers” List

Washington – December 3, 2024: The Washingtonian has named five Crowell & Moring partners to its 2024 “Top Lawyers” list, featuring the D.C. area’s best
legal talent....

Firm News | 4 min read | 06.24.24

Crowell Earns Top Rankings from Legal 500 United States 2024

Washington – June 24, 2024: Crowell & Moring has been recommended in eight practice areas in the 17th edition of the Legal 500 United States. In addition,
partner Daniel Forman, co-chair of the firm’s Government Contracts Group, has been named to the Legal 500’s “Hall of Fame” for Government Contracts....

Firm News | 9 min read | 06.06.24

Crowell Attains Leading Rankings in Chambers USA 2024

Washington – June 6, 2024: Crowell & Moring earned 78 rankings for 67 lawyers, as well as 41 national and statewide practice area rankings, in the Chambers
USA 2024 guide. The rankings are driven by independent interviews of clients and lawyers at peer firms....

Client Alerts 129 results

Client Alert | 1 min read | 01.21.25

Contractor Business Systems: Out With the Old, In With the New (Terminology)

On January 17, 2025, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued a final rule replacing the term “significant deficiency” in the Defense Federal Acquisition
Regulation Supplement (DFARS) with the term “material weakness” for use in reviews of contractor business systems.  Effective immediately, a material
weakness is defined as “a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in the internal control over information in contractor business systems, such that there i......

Client Alert | 3 min read | 01.17.25

Federal Circuit Affirms COFC Decision Limiting Infringement Damages to Copies of Software Actually Used Rather Than Made

In Bitmanagement Software GMBH v. United States, Case No. 23-1506 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 7, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal
Circuit) denied the appeal of Bitmanagement Software Gmbh (Bitmanagement) challenging the Court of Federal Claims’ (COFC) $154,400 damages award,
and denying its demand for $85 million in damages resulting from the Navy’s infringement of Bitmanagement’s software copyright.  The Federal Circuit affi......

Client Alert | 3 min read | 10.08.24

Third Time’s A Charm? Federal Circuit Once Again Sends CAS Dispute Back to the Court of Federal Claims

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has confirmed that the Court of Federal Claims (COFC) has jurisdiction to decide whether contractors may
offset cost impacts from multiple, simultaneous cost accounting changes when some changes increase costs to the Government, and other changes
decrease costs to the Government....

Press Coverage 5 results

Publications 5 results

Events 3 results

Event | May - December 2024

The Masters Institute in Government Contracting

The Masters Institute in Government Contracting is a specially conceived, advanced program in government contracting. Crowell is proud to be part of the Masters’ program faculty which is hosted and organized by Federal Publications Seminars.

Event | 10.08.19, 4:00 AM EDT - 6:00 AM EDT

Government Contracts Breakfast Series: A Practicum in Government Contracts Data Rights

Crowell & Moring is pleased to announce the next installment of our Government Contracts Breakfast Series. All of the sessions will be held in Northern
Virginia and focus on issues most important to government contractors. Our next sessions are described below....

Event | 09.18.19, 4:00 AM EDT - 7:30 AM EDT

Government Contracts Breakfast Series: Accounting Cost & Pricing Compliance and Pitfalls

Crowell & Moring is pleased to announce the launch of our Government Contracts Breakfast Series. All of the sessions will be held in Northern Virginia and
focus on issues most important to government contractors. Our September session is described below. ...

Webinars 4 results

Webinar | 04.07.21, 7:00 AM EDT - 8:30 AM EDT

COVID-19 and the False Claims Act

Please Join Crowell & Moring for a Webinar on COVID-19 and the False Claims Act: What to Expect and How to Defend Investigations, Audits, and Qui Tam
Actions in a Post-Pandemic World....

Webinar | 01.14.21, 8:00 AM EST - 9:30 AM EST

Government Contracts and the Biden Administration’s Priorities: Significant Changes Ahead?

Please join members of Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Group for an overview of where acquisition regulations and policies may be headed in the
new Biden Administration.  The attorneys will also highlight hot topics and new developments in government contracts for 2021.  Topics to be discussed
include:...

Webinar | 09.17.20, 8:00 AM EDT - 9:00 AM EDT

COVID-19 Claims and Requests for Equitable Adjustment Q&A Webinar — “Tick Tock – Submitting COVID-19 Related Claims and REAs as the Government Fiscal Year Draws to a Close”

For nearly 6 months, the Coronavirus pandemic has caused disruptions across nearly all industrial sectors, including the government contracting industry.  As
contractors have attempted to respond to challenges in providing support to government customers, meeting contract and staffing requirements, and
adhering to contract terms and a constantly shifting landscape, Congress provided an additional avenue of relief to certain contractors dealing with COVID-......

Speaking Engagements 15 results

Podcasts 6 results

Podcast | 06.03.24

It All Adds Up: Just the Facts, Ma’am

Nicole Owren-Wiest and Erin Rankin continue their discussion of TINA. In this episode, they dive into the definition of cost or pricing data. Spoiler alert: the
devil’s in the details. “It All Adds Up” is Crowell & Moring’s podcast covering the latest government contract accounting, cost, and pricing developments....

Podcast | 05.03.24

It All Adds Up: Cards Face Up

Nicole Owren-Wiest and Erin Rankin talk TINA. What is the Truthful Cost or Pricing Data Act, formerly known as the Truth in Negotiations Act? When are
contractors and subcontractors required to provide certified cost or pricing data? And what does Nicole’s Cookie Monster coffee mug have to do with it? “It
All Adds Up” is Crowell & Moring’s podcast covering the latest government contract accounting, cost, and pricing developments....

Podcast | 04.02.24

It All Adds Up: What’s the Point?

To set the groundwork for future episodes, Nicole Owren-Wiest and Erin Rankin talk fundamentals: What is the purpose behind the often counter-intuitive and
complex government contracts cost and pricing rules? What are the various price analysis techniques available to the world’s largest buyer of goods and
services? “It All Adds Up” is Crowell & Moring’s podcast covering the latest government contract accounting, cost, and pricing developments....