Insights

Orange County – October 18, 2024: The Recorder honored Crowell & Moring partner Chahira Solh with the Distinguished Leader Award at the annual California Legal Awards event in Los Angeles on Oct. 15. The award recognizes lawyers who have implemented major achievements in the last year. Solh was also named a finalist for the Mentorship Award in honor of the impact she has made on attorneys at the start of their careers and in the legal profession.

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.

There are very few issues that can unite Republican and Democratic State Attorneys General in today’s polarized political environment. Aviation is one of those issues.

On January 8, 2024, New Jersey passed the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Management Act making it illegal to dispose of electric vehicle (EV) batteries in landfills and instead mandating the reuse and recycling of EV batteries. Beginning in January 2027, the Act will explicitly prohibit unauthorized persons from disposing of EV batteries and their subcomponents as solid waste. On that same date, “no solid waste facility” in New Jersey “shall knowingly accept for disposal” an EV battery unless authorized by the state.

On December 28, 2023, the Department of Transportation (DOT) published a final rule increasing the statutory maximum monetary civil penalty for regulated entities. The final rule raised the minimum and maximum fines for 2024 by about 3.2 percent from the 2023 level across most DOT modes. The new fine amounts became effective on December 28, 2023 and will only apply to violations that take place after that date.

Law360 features D.C. partner and Transportation Practice co-chair Rebecca Baden Chaney as a Rising Star among the top transportation law practitioners under age 40.

&Motion sits down with the CEO of e-bike manufacturer, JackRabbit, to discuss the micro-mobility industry, the particular niche that JackRabbit serves, and the technical and regulatory challenges that were encountered.

&Motion sits with Crowell's Jacob Bachman to discuss design patents and their relevance to the transportation industry.

SwRI's director of R&D discusses the technology that allows its NextCar project to improve the energy efficiency of today and tomorrow’s cars as well as their safety.