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Firm News 64 results

Firm News | 2 min read | 03.07.25

Crowell & Moring Attorneys Honored With 2025 Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing

Washington – March 7, 2025: The Burton Awards honored Crowell & Moring partner Joanna Rosen Forster, counsel Jacob Canter and Derick D. Dailey, and associate Matt Menezes with Law360’s Distinguished Legal Writing Award for their article discussing a Supreme Court ruling and its impact on social media companies. The award will be presented at a gala reception at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. on Monday, May 19.

Firm News | 3 min read | 02.18.25

Chambers Ranks Crowell & Moring Practices and Lawyers in 2025 Global Guide

Washington – February 18, 2025: Chambers and Partners has ranked 12 Crowell & Moring practice groups and 17 individual lawyers in the Chambers Global 2025 guide.

Firm News | 4 min read | 02.11.25

Crowell & Moring Adds Former IAPP General Counsel Rita Heimes and Naspers Associate General Counsel Justin Weiss to Growing Privacy & Cybersecurity Group

Washington – Feb. 11, 2025: Crowell & Moring’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Group has added two seasoned in-house counsel to their leading privacy team. Rita Heimes, former general counsel for the International Association of Privacy Professionals, and Justin B. Weiss, former associate general counsel for global technology investor Naspers, join the firm as senior counsel in Washington, D.C. Weiss will also serve as senior director at Crowell Global Advisors.
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Client Alerts 371 results

Client Alert | 3 min read | 03.26.25

FedRAMP 20x: Proposed Framework Aims To Increase Automation and Efficiency

On March 24, 2025, the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) unveiled “FedRAMP 20x,” a proposal to make FedRAMP more efficient by automating FedRAMP security assessments and continuous monitoring, simplifying required technical controls, and leaning on industry to provide tooling and solutions to support automation. 
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Client Alert | 7 min read | 03.20.25

What Companies Need To Know From the California Privacy Protection Agency’s First CCPA Enforcement Action

On March 12, the California Consumer Privacy Protection Agency (“Agency”) announced it had entered into a settlement (“Settlement”) with American Honda Motor Company (“Honda”) to resolve the Agency’s claims that Honda violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). The total fine to be paid by Honda is $632,500. The investigation came out of the Agency’s Enforcement Division’s focused review of privacy practices of connected vehicles and related technologies announced in July 2023. That review highlighted vehicles with embedded features such as location sharing, smartphone integration, and cameras, and we expect more automotive related Agency settlements to be issued in the near future.
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Client Alert | 6 min read | 03.11.25

Europe’s Highest Court Compels Disclosure of Automated Decision-Making “Procedures and Principles” In Data Access Request Case

On February 27, 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued a ruling about the requirements on data controllers to respond to data access requests regarding an automated decision-making system. In particular, the CJEU interpreted the meaning (under Article 15(1)(h) GDPR) of the phrase “meaningful information about the logic involved” in automated decision-making. Importantly, the ruling also separately addressed how to balance data access rights with the protection of the controller’s trade secrets, when the protection of trade secrets is invoked under Article 15(4) as a reason not to disclose a copy of personal data in an access request.
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Press Coverage 196 results

Press Coverage | 01.02.25

Legal Tech's Predictions For Cybersecurity In 2025

Legaltech News

Press Coverage | 11.14.24

Security Breach: What Cybersecurity Can Learn From Tom Brady

Manufacturing.net

Press Coverage | 11.08.24

Cybersecurity & CMMC

Federal News Network

Publications 142 results

Publication | 01.28.25

A Changing Tech and Legal Landscape in Corporate

Whether it is personal, customer, training or other data, one thing is clear: data continues to be an important currency and revenue driver for companies. Rapidly changing technology, coupled with developing regulations, requires companies that use or disclose data to be extremely vigilant to stay current. Today, companies struggle to keep up with seemingly nonstop changes to state-level law. These struggles are exacerbated by quickly developing regulations and regimes overseas— creating challenges for international data transfers and international transactions. To optimize the value of their data into 2025 and beyond, companies should consider addressing these challenges with a new focus and additional precision in their commercial agreements.
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Publication | 01.28.25

AI Regulation: New York and California Take the Lead

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has spurred a wave of legislative action across the United States—with New York and California arguably emerging as frontrunners. Both states enacted laws in 2024 aimed at regulating AI, but their approaches differ significantly, reflecting distinct priorities and concerns.
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Publication | 01.28.25

Asia-Pacific Strives to Keep Pace with Cyber Threats

The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region witnessed a rapid digital transformation in 2024, powered by its connectivity and technological innovations. However, these advancements have introduced new vulnerabilities into the region’s digital ecosystem, which more sophisticated and nuanced cyber threats are already exploiting. In Q2 2024 alone, the APAC region experienced an average of 2,510 weekly cyberattacks per organization, marking a 23 percent increase compared to the same period in 2023.
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Events 135 results

Event | 05.19.25 - 05.22.25

Law-Tech Connect and XPONENTIAL 2025

Join Crowell at Law-Tech Connect and AUVSI XPONENTIAL in Houston, where industry experts focus on how changes in technology, policy, safety, and society are shaping the uncrewed systems and robotics industry. Co-located at XPONENTIAL, Law-Tech Connect is designed to connect and inform all those involved in uncrewed and autonomous systems in a one-day session focused on the intersection between technology and legal issues.

Event | 04.10.25, 8:00 AM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT

Crowell's CMMC Day

You are invited to attend Crowell's CMMC Day, an in-person event dedicated to exploring the complexities of CMMC implementation and associated legal risks. This event will feature a series of insightful conversations with industry experts on topics such as prepping for assessments, risk management, and the government and private sector’s perspectives on CMMC. 

Event | 11.19.24, 8:00 AM EST - 9:30 AM EST

CMMC Finalized: How to Prepare & Achieve Certification

Crowell is honored to host Ms. Stacy Bostjanick, the Defense Department’s CMMC Program Director, who will be joined live by Crowell attorneys Evan Wolff and Michael Gruden for an engaging fireside chat.

Webinars 70 results

Webinar | 04.22.25, 11:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT

The Evolving AI Legal and Policy Landscape: Mid-2025 Update

With the launch of Crowell’s Evolving AI Legal and Policy Landscape tracker in 2023, we formed a team of attorneys and policy professionals tasked with monitoring and reporting on the most notable developments around AI. Join us for a roundtable discussion regarding worldwide legal and policy developments since July 2024 and what you need to know in 2025. Our presenters Jillian Ambrose, Sari Depreeuw, Kate Growley, and Linda Malek will explore...

Webinar | March 26, 2025

Navigating the Complexities of Employment Law Impacting Geographically-Dispersed Workforces

Employers continue to grapple with complex legal, HR, and administrative challenges related to managing remote, hybrid, and in-person teams across multiple jurisdictions. The dynamic nature of employment laws, which vary significantly between states and are subject to frequent changes, adds another layer of complexity.

Webinar | 02.20.25, 3:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST

Privacy and Cybersecurity Outlook: The 2025 Landscape

Crowell & Moring’s recent publication, The Privacy and Cybersecurity Outlook: The 2025 Landscape, offers clients forward-looking insights on the most significant trends impacting organizations worldwide.

Speaking Engagements 323 results

Blog Posts 120 results

Blog Post | 02.13.25

Mini-Series on CIPA – Part 4: How Big is the Risk?

Crowell & Moring’s Data Law Insights

Blog Post | 08.26.24

The NIS2 Directive is on the Edge of Enforcement: What Now for EU/US Companies?

Crowell & Moring’s Data Law Insights

Podcasts 11 results

Podcast | 03.30.23

Fastest 5 Minutes: Supplier Performance Risk System, Procurement Integrity Act

This week's episode covers a final rule amending the DFARS to incorporate the expanded capabilities of the Supplier Performance Risk System and requirements on contracting officers, a bid protest decision at the Court of Federal Claims regarding standing, and a GAO protest decision about the Procurement Integrity Act, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. Crowell & Moring's "Fastest 5 Minutes" is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.
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Podcast | 03.21.23

Fastest 5 Minutes: National Cyber Security Strategy, CHIPS, Conflicts of Interest

This week's episode covers the National Cyber Security Strategy, a final DFARS clause requiring disclosure of use of workforce and facilities in the China, the Department of Commerce’s first Notice of Funding Opportunity under the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, and congressional inquiries about financial conflicts of interest and ethically questionable behavior by senior government officials across the executive branch, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. Crowell & Moring's "Fastest 5 Minutes" is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.
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Podcast | 01.20.23

Fastest 5 Minutes: SBIR and Contractor Minimum Wage

This week's episode covers the designation of agency labor advisors, a proposed rule implementing the data rights portions of Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program Policy Directive, the dismissal of a challenge to the recent Executive Order and implementing regulation raising the minimum wage for contractors, and the Strengthening VA Cybersecurity Act of 2022, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. Crowell & Moring's "Fastest 5 Minutes" is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.
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