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Firm News | 6 min read | 01.02.24

Crowell & Moring Elects Seven New Partners, Promotes Four to Senior Counsel, and 26 to Counsel

Crowell & Moring elected seven lawyers to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2024. The firm also promoted four lawyers to the position of senior counsel and 26 associates to the position of counsel.

Client Alerts 28 results

Client Alert | 4 min read | 07.14.23

Michigan Supreme Court Holds “Blanket” Purchase Order Agreement Without Quantity Term is A “Release-by-Release” Contract, Allowing Auto Parts Supplier to Refuse Future Production Orders

On Tuesday, July 11, the Michigan Supreme Court issued a decision that could have profound impacts on the purchase and supply of automotive and other manufactured component parts under contracts governed by Michigan law. In MSSC, Inc. v. Airboss Flexible Products Co., Michigan’s high court found an automotive Tier 1 supplier’s purchase order contract unenforceable to compel future production from its supplier because the purchase order did not specify a quantity of parts to be supplied. In doing so, the Court formally titled a previously unnamed variation on a supply contract—the “release-by-release contract.”
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Client Alert | 9 min read | 10.10.22

FDA Issues Final Guidance on Clinical Decision Support Software

On September 28, 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued Clinical Decision Support Software final guidance. The guidance clarifies the agency’s scope of oversight and regulation of clinical decision support software based on the definition of a device in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). It also describes the criteria used to assess whether software functions do not meet the definition of a device.
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Client Alert | 4 min read | 03.22.21

Nevada Supreme Court Allows Insurer to Recoup Defense Costs, Rejecting the Approach of the Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance

On March 11, 2021, the Nevada Supreme Court held an insurer that advances defense costs under a reservation of the right to recover them if a court later finds there was no duty to defend, is entitled to recoup those costs from its policyholder, and rejected the counter-position taken by the Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance. Nautilus Ins. Co. v. Access Med., LLC, No. 79130, 2021 WL 936076 (Nev. Mar. 11, 2021).
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Publications 4 results

Publication | 11.03.20

Rules of Policy Interpretation Reflect Lingering Policyholder Bias in the ALI’s Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance

American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section's The Brief, Vol. 50, No. 1

Webinars 1 result

Webinar | 01.23.24, 1:00 PM EST - 3:00 PM EST

Supply Chain Recovery: Opportunities, Challenges, and Best Practices

Throughout the supply chain, companies regularly face losses related to contractual breaches, defective products or services, or late products or services. Recouping these costs and losses from other levels of supply chain provides a company’s legal department with an opportunity to meaningfully contribute to the bottom line. This CLE will focus on discussing best practices, opportunities for recovery, and current challenges companies face related to supply chain recovery. Topics will include the benefits of and impediments to establishing a recovery program, how to maintain commercial supplier relationships and avoid litigation while maintain a robust recovery practice, and recent case law developments and market trends that could impact companies’ supply contracts and opportunities for recovery.

If you are interested in attending this program, please contact Rachael Padgett, rpadgett@crowell.com.

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Blog Posts 1 result

Blog Post | 07.01.19

Navigating the Definition of Consumer Product: How Broad is the CPSC’s Regulatory Reach?

Crowell & Moring's Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer