Government Regulation and Public Sector Law

In Department of Water Resources Cases, the Third District Court of Appeal addressed whether the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) may obtain court-authorized entry onto private property to conduct...

A federal judge in Massachusetts has vacated the Trump administration's $100,000 supplemental payment requirement for H-1B visa petitions, which had been in effect since September 2025.

Recent federal and state developments reveal the ongoing tension between traditional alcohol regulation and emerging market forces.

Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require Department of Defense review of private equity acquisitions in the defense sector, raising questions about the future regulatory landscape for investment in the Defense Industrial Base.

The Trump Administration's FY2027 budget request for the Bureau of Industry and Security signals a historic 91.5% funding increase focused almost entirely on enforcement rather than licensing support.

If you’ve read Part 1 of this field guide, you already know that big company forms can be riddled with dangers for emerging companies — the result of clever, or sometimes unintentional, drafting, omissions, and interaction effects buried deep within pages of dense legalese. In this second installment, we present six more of the traps you may encounter when working through a big company’s “standard” procurement form, again in no particular order.

The GENIUS Act has authorized several regulatory agencies to issue regulations to develop the first comprehensive federal regulatory framework governing payment stablecoins in the United States. The statute directs multiple federal financial regulators to implement a coordinated supervisory structure governing issuance, reserve management, redemption rights, anti-money laundering compliance, custody, and market structure

On May 19, 2026, President Trump signed two executive orders: Restoring Integrity to America’s Financial System (the “AML Compliance EO”); and Integrating Financial Technology Innovation into Regulatory Frameworks...

On June 4, 2026, Crowell Partners Caroline Brown and Anand Sithian hosted the ACSS New York Chapter at the New York office for an in-person panel discussion titled...

Nearly 30 years ago, Dr. Ezra L. Totton, a distinguished Black professor of chemistry, bequeathed $35,000 to the University of Iowa to establish a scholarship...

On May 22, 2026, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a memo that significantly limits how the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) will handle complaints regarding animal...

The U.S. Trade Representative has determined that 60 trading partners maintain practices actionable under Section 301, proposing sweeping ad valorem tariffs of 10-12.5% on imports from these economies due to inadequate forced labor import restrictions.