San Francisco
Overview
Crowell opened its San Francisco office in 2009, when a group of established California business trial lawyers joined to expand the firm’s national premier trial practice. Today, our San Francisco office has grown to include regulatory and corporate practitioners, as well as an expanded bench of litigators who have tried cases in a broad sweep of areas. Whether making deals, counseling regarding compliance, or resolving disputes, San Francisco attorneys bring deep experience in areas such as technology, emerging companies and venture capital, white collar and regulatory enforcement, commercial and appellate litigation, antitrust, bankruptcy, corporate, environmental, health care, insurance, intellectual property, privacy and cybersecurity, retail and consumer products, and employment law.
3 Embarcadero Center
26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
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Crowell’s San Francisco office has a strong tradition of serving the community. Since the office opened, we have gathered as a group to donate both food and time in support of the Bay Area branches of the national “Food From The Bar” drive. The office is proud of its efforts to serve those in our community who must turn to the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank and the Alameda County Community Food Bank in the face of a dire threat of hunger.
As lawyers, we represent underserved communities on numerous pro bono matters, including housing, immigration, and child protection. We both support and are involved with organizations such as Legal Aid at Work, Family Violence Law Center, East Bay Community Law Center, Human Rights First, Kids in Need of Defense, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project, Family Violence Appellate Project, Justice & Diversity Center, and Bar Association of San Francisco. We are a founding member law firm of the San Francisco Bar Association’s Legal Alliance for Reproductive Rights.
Crowell is committed to creating an inclusive work environment that supports the professional growth and development of all of its attorneys and professional staff. In the San Francisco office, this commitment is reflected in the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our team, as well as in our commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the legal profession and the communities in which we serve. Our attorneys are actively involved in the Asian American Bar Association (AABA) of the Greater Bay Area, National Asian Pacific American Bar, Jewish Bar Association of San Francisco, and participate in a variety of affinity groups.
San Francisco lawyers participate in all of the firm’s minority lawyer affinity groups at Crowell, including the firm’s Black, Asian Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latinx, and Middle Eastern & North African affinity groups, and we participate and serve in leadership roles in the firm’s Women’s Leadership Initiative for women lawyers.
Throughout the year, our San Francisco office participates in Crowell’s Social Justice Conversations, which are regular discussions focused on better understanding the experiences of marginalized, diverse groups in America. This California initiative has since expanded to several other Crowell offices in the U.S.
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Insights
Client Alert | 7 min read | 08.15.24
As we’ve previously reported, FTC practitioners and businesses alike have been anxiously awaiting details about the rule that will prohibit purportedly deceptive practices in connection with reviews and testimonials. Our readers likely recall the FTC’s advance notice of proposed rulemaking from November 2022, the notice of proposed rulemaking from June 2023, and the informal hearing on the proposed rule which occurred in February 2024. The wait is finally over: just yesterday, August 14, 2024, the agency announced the “Rule on the Use of Consumer Reviews and Testimonials” (the “Rule”). The final Rule, which the Commissioners unanimously approved, is a formal step to address alleged ongoing non-compliance with Section 5 of the FTC Act and the agency’s Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (the “Endorsement Guides”), particularly in the consumer review space.
Firm News | 8 min read | 08.15.24
Blog Post | 08.13.24
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Carta (blog)
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|01.29.24
The American Lawyer
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|06.11.24 - 06.12.24
Payload Space Capitol III
|03.18.24
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|03.06.24
Health Care Fraud Enforcement, Defense, and Corporate Compliance - Where are we today? | ABA White Collar Crime 2024
|03.06.24
"What Tech Start-Ups Need to Know in the Era of CMMC: Federal Government Contracting Perspectives," San Francisco, CA
|01.25.24
IAM Live: Trade Secrets Strategy USA: Enforcing Trade Secrets at the ITC, San Francisco, CA
|November 2023
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|08.13.24
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
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07.18.24
Crowell Health Solution’s Trends in Transformation
Professionals
Insights
Client Alert | 7 min read | 08.15.24
As we’ve previously reported, FTC practitioners and businesses alike have been anxiously awaiting details about the rule that will prohibit purportedly deceptive practices in connection with reviews and testimonials. Our readers likely recall the FTC’s advance notice of proposed rulemaking from November 2022, the notice of proposed rulemaking from June 2023, and the informal hearing on the proposed rule which occurred in February 2024. The wait is finally over: just yesterday, August 14, 2024, the agency announced the “Rule on the Use of Consumer Reviews and Testimonials” (the “Rule”). The final Rule, which the Commissioners unanimously approved, is a formal step to address alleged ongoing non-compliance with Section 5 of the FTC Act and the agency’s Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (the “Endorsement Guides”), particularly in the consumer review space.
Firm News | 8 min read | 08.15.24
Blog Post | 08.13.24