Insights

John Koenigsknecht, co-chair of Crowell & Moring’s Corporate Group, and Andrew Avsec, managing partner of the firm’s Chicago office, have been named to Crain’s Chicago Business’ 2024 list of Notable Leaders in Accounting, Consulting, & Law. The list features 88 members and leaders in their firms and industries who touch “practically every aspect of business in Chicago.”

Managing Intellectual Property has recognized four Crowell & Moring attorneys and practices in its 2024 IP Stars guide. The guide, which is in its sixth edition, “brings together the world’s foremost law firm and corporate trademark experts, allowing the wider community to benefit from their insight, experience and perspectives.”

Emily Kappers will present on Complaints / Answers during the Chicago Women in IP (ChiWIP) Litigation Bootcamp on Tuesday, November 19. The ChiWIP Litigation Bootcamp features IP litigators from prominent Chicago law firms and industry experts who present on all aspects of the litigation process.

This two-day seminar will be held June 18-19 in beautiful Chicago and provide the latest information on interpreting and applying available tax credits, providing everything you need to navigate the rapidly changing tax and legal issues. As the preeminent professional membership-based association for in-house tax professionals, TEI is uniquely positioned to offer a definitive and forward-looking perspective into the complex and high-stakes area of credits & incentives (C&I). Step into the future of C&I at TEI’s first comprehensive Seminar in this important tax area.

Jason Stiehl will moderate the breakout session "Third-Party Wiretapping, VPPA, and Deanonymization Litigation: A Moving Target for Brands" at the 2023 ANA Masters of Advertising Law Conference.

In a panel moderated by Stewart H. Lapayowker, Esq. (Lapayowker Jet Counsel P.A.) and sponsored by the National Aircraft Finance Association, Crowell attorneys Caroline Brown and Jeremy Iloulian alongside Cassia Sant'Anna (Corporate Trade Compliance Officer for Embraer S.A.) will dive into Russian-related sanctions and export controls and what they mean for the due diligence process surrounding purchasing and selling aircrafts. They will address critical areas such as:

International trade and foreign investment laws are changing quickly, particularly as a result of the heated political environment in Washington, D.C., and rising tensions between the U.S. and China. Even companies that are traditionally out of the flood plain need to heed the potential for a 100-year flood!