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Firm News 62 results

Firm News | 1 min read | 08.28.24

LATINA Style Honors Meshach Rhoades with 2024 Community Award

LATINA Style, Inc. honored Crowell & Moring partner Meshach Rhoades and her foundation, the Latinas First Foundation, with the 2024 Community Award. The award was in recognition of the “outstanding contributions and significant positive impact on the LATINA community through… innovative projects, programs, and initiatives that address local needs and challenges.”

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 | 4 min read | 06.07.24

D.C. Bar Elects Crowell & Moring Partner Sadina Montani President-Elect

Washington – June 7, 2024: Crowell & Moring is proud to announce that Sadina Montani was elected president-elect of the D.C. Bar for the 2024-2025 term.

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Client Alerts 587 results

Client Alert | 5 min read | 08.21.24

Northern District of Texas Permanently Blocks FTC’s Ban on Non-Competes Nationwide

Plaintiffs battling the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on non-compete clauses in employment agreements notched a significant victory recently. On August 20, 2024, U.S. District for the Northern District of Texas Judge Ada Brown permanently blocked the agency’s action in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, concluding the rulemaking exceeded the agency’s statutory authority. Judge Brown had previously granted a preliminary injunction that limited its effect to the plaintiffs in the case. Yesterday’s ruling, however, which granted the plaintiffs’ summary judgment motion, permanently blocks the ban nationwide.

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Client Alert | 7 min read | 08.16.24

From the Administrative State to the Wild West? What Employers Should Know About the Shifting Administrative Law Landscape

Over the past several years, federal courts have increasingly questioned the authority of administrative law judges (ALJs) to adjudicate alleged violations of certain labor and employment statutes. In the last several weeks, two U.S. district courts in Texas issued decisions halting unfair labor practice proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on the grounds that NLRB ALJs lack the constitutional authority to preside over such actions due to unconstitutional protections against their removal.[1] Similarly, the last year has seen several decisions by courts in the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits finding that ALJs, whose decisions are not reviewable by a Presidential appointee, lack constitutional authority under the Appointments Clause to adjudicate claims.[2] The trend illustrated by these decisions, combined with the Supreme Court’s decision in June to abandon the Chevron doctrine of extending deference to federal agency rule-making proceedings, portend significant changes in the way employers interact with federal agencies that enforce labor and employment law.

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Client Alert | 5 min read | 07.25.24

Diverging from Texas Federal Court’s Preliminary Ruling, Pennsylvania Federal Court Declines to Enjoin FTC’s Rule Banning Non-Compete Agreements

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is now batting .500 in its effort to defend its rule banning most employee non-compete agreements. On July 23, 2024, Judge Kelley Hodge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied the request for a preliminary injunction to block that rule from going into effect pending a full trial. This decision is at odds with the decision issued earlier this month by Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, which found that the FTC had exceeded its statutory authority and issued a limited preliminary injunction that prevented the rule from becoming effective as to the plaintiffs in that case.

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Press Coverage 178 results

Press Coverage | 08.28.24

Gov't Contracting Policies To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2024

Law360

Press Coverage | 06.07.24

Crowell & Moring Partner Named DC Bar President-Elect

Law360

Press Coverage | 06.01.24

Could Work Emails Be Banned After 5pm — And How Do Other Countries Do It?

The Times

Publications 63 results

Publication | 05.28.24

Harmonizing AI With EEO Requirements: OFCCP's Blueprint For Federal Contractors

Westlaw Today

Publication | 05.08.24

Texas Judge Delivers Blow To Contractors Seeking Federally Sponsored Affirmative Action Preference

Westlaw Today

Publication | 01.10.24

Employment: Employer Recruiting and Retention Under the Microscope

Litigation Forecast 2024

Most companies acknowledge that a robust pipeline of qualified, diverse talent is critical. Recent legal developments in the areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and artificial intelligence (AI) are creating potential new challenges for employers trying to maintain those pipelines. The result is likely to be an increase in employment lawsuits in 2024 and beyond.

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Events 89 results

Event | 03.12.24 - 03.15.24

Midwinter Meeting and National Symposium on Technology in Labor and Employment Law

Please join us in San Juan, Puerto Rico, for the ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities (ERR) Committee Midwinter Meeting and National Symposium on Technology in Labor and Employment Law.

ERR continues its tradition of partnering with other Section Standing Committees to offer the best of legal education. This year, ERR is proud to collaborate with the ABA Technology in the Practice and Workplace Committee to present cutting-edge programs about AI, developing technologies that will impact the legal profession, and the ethical and privacy concerns that are raised by their use.

Special events include a welcome reception, first-time attendee luncheon and networking reception.

Event | 11.10.23, 11:30 AM EST - 12:45 PM EST

Exploring the Limits of Electronic Surveillance of the Workforce

Event | 04.27.23

The Elevating Black Excellence Virtual Summit

Elevating Black Excellence will showcase Black law firm partners* before an audience of influential in-house counsel. This one-day event, conducted exclusively on a virtual platform, will engage black partners who have extensive legal background in their area of expertise. The one-hour sessions will be moderated by in-house counsel and will feature three Black partners from nationally-ranked law firms. CLE credit will be available for most sessions.

Webinars 92 results

Webinar | 10.01.24, 1:30 PM EDT - 2:30 PM EDT

Coast To Coast Compliance: The Impact Of 2024 Employment Law Developments On Geographically-Dispersed Workforces

Join Sadina Montani and Corey Hirsch for a discussion on the current state of employment law as it pertains to geographically diverse workforces. They will explore recent trends, notable recent changes and updates, and the legal implications of employing individuals across various U.S. jurisdictions.

Webinar | 07.25.24, 12:00 PM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT

Compliance, and Self-Disclosures, and Whistleblowers, "Oh My!"—The Latest on DOJ's Policy Updates and What We Can Learn From Recent Corporate Resolutions

Join our expert panel from Crowell's White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement, Investigations, and Labor and Employment teams as they provide a comprehensive overview of what these policies mean for companies and practical steps they can take to ensure they are in alignment.

Webinar | 07.25.24, 12:00 PM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT

The Evolving AI Legal and Policy Landscape: Mid-2024 Update

Since the November 2022 release of ChatGPT, generative AI has been a regulatory accelerator for governance of AI writ large. Individuals, organizations, industries, and governments across the world have grappled with the implications of AI, including how it is and could be regulated using existing and new legal frameworks. For example, since our December 2023 update:

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