Crowell & Moring

ScentAir Triumphs Again in Patent Battle Against Prolitec

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024
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WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ScentAir Technologies, LLC ("ScentAir"), a global leader in scent marketing solutions, proudly announces a resounding victory in its latest legal battle against competitor Prolitec's patent infringement claims.

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  • WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ScentAir Technologies, LLC ("ScentAir"), a global leader in scent marketing solutions, proudly announces a resounding victory in its latest legal battle against competitor Prolitec's patent infringement claims.
  • The lawsuit, initiated by Prolitec, alleged patent infringement against ScentAir's Breeze product.
  • The court's ruling in favor of ScentAir validates the company's commitment to innovation and its robust defense against baseless claims.
  • ScentAir has a 30-year history of pioneering scent marketing solutions that have advanced scent diffusion with best-in-class technology.

Energy Regulatory Lawyer Ruta Kalvaitis Skučas Joins Crowell & Moring

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Thursday, January 18, 2024
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ruta Kalvaitis Skučas has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in the firm's Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Practice Group.

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  • WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ruta Kalvaitis Skučas has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in the firm's Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Practice Group.
  • She brings more than two decades of experience advising clean energy developers, traders, and technology companies on energy issues before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the U.S. Department of Energy, and state public utility commissions.
  • Skučas focuses on electric and natural gas matters and has extensive experience in energy trading, including on compliance and enforcement matters.
  • Her clients include clean energy developers, energy trading companies, generation and merchant transmission developers in the FERC regulatory space, non-traditional energy companies, technology companies, and emerging ventures.

Crowell Names Mark Fenoughty as CFO

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Thursday, January 11, 2024
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Crowell & Moring announced today that Mark Fenoughty, an experienced senior financial executive, has joined the firm as its new Chief Financial Officer. Fenoughty will lead the firm's finance and accounting functions and play a key role in driving the firm's business priorities.

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  • WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Crowell & Moring announced today that Mark Fenoughty, an experienced senior financial executive, has joined the firm as its new Chief Financial Officer.
  • Fenoughty will lead the firm's finance and accounting functions and play a key role in driving the firm's business priorities.
  • Fenoughty joins from the global firm DLA Piper, where he held senior finance positions across Europe, Asia, and the United States.
  • "Crowell has an exceptional reputation, a strategic vision for the future, and a culture that emphasizes collaboration, communication, and innovation," Fenoughty said.

Crowell & Moring Releases Litigation Forecast 2024: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know for the Coming Year

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Crowell & Moring has published Litigation Forecast 2024: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know for the Coming Year .

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  • WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Crowell & Moring has published Litigation Forecast 2024: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know for the Coming Year .
  • The 12th-annual Litigation Forecast focuses on trends in intellectual property, regulatory and other U.S. litigation, with special coverage of supply chain recovery and international litigation.
  • "In addition, we have seen continued impacts from the pandemic across a variety of realms, including in the supply chain.
  • Our lawyers understand the shifting nature of litigation and are able to offer analysis from a global perspective across a number of jurisdictions."

Madison Dearborn Partners Acquires T2S Solutions to Enable Continued Growth and Innovation in Support of U.S. Defense and Intelligence Missions

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023
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The T2S founders will retain a significant minority ownership position and will continue to lead the Company.

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  • The T2S founders will retain a significant minority ownership position and will continue to lead the Company.
  • We’re excited to partner with MDP as we continue on our mission to deliver increasingly innovative technologies and solutions while maintaining our rapid growth.
  • Today, we are strategically positioned at the center of high-priority defense technology areas that will see significant growth for years to come,” said Tim Jahnigen, Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer of T2S.
  • Raymond James served as financial advisor to MDP and Kirkland & Ellis and Crowell & Moring provided legal counsel.

IP Litigator Jon Gurka Joins Crowell & Moring

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Thursday, December 14, 2023
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IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Jon Gurka joins Crowell & Moring as a partner in the firm's Intellectual Property Department, bringing nearly three decades of intellectual property law experience, with a focus on complex patent litigation.

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  • IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Jon Gurka joins Crowell & Moring as a partner in the firm's Intellectual Property Department, bringing nearly three decades of intellectual property law experience, with a focus on complex patent litigation.
  • Gurka builds on a period of sustained growth at Crowell.
  • Besides serving on many other firm-management committees, Gurka also served as the chair of recruiting for more than 10 years.
  • Gurka earned his law degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Connecticut.

Former Amazon Senior Sustainability Counsel Juge Gregg Joins Crowell & Moring

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Thursday, December 14, 2023
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Juge Gregg, most recently senior corporate counsel on the sustainability legal team for Amazon, has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in the firm's Environment and Natural Resources Practice Group.

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  • Brings deep corporate experience managing climate, sustainability, and environmental issues
    WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Juge Gregg , most recently senior corporate counsel on the sustainability legal team for Amazon, has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in the firm's Environment and Natural Resources Practice Group.
  • At Crowell, Gregg will help multinational clients—including those in the technology, retail, energy, transportation, and manufacturing industries—manage climate, ESG, greenwashing, and sustainability issues and refine their ESG programs.
  • "I'm excited to work with Crowell's multidisciplinary ESG team to build out a full-service climate, decarbonization, and ESG practice," Gregg said.
  • "While strategic sustainability efforts are growing in importance to companies, they are also increasingly the target of regulation, enforcement, and litigation.

Crowell Health Solutions Examines the Adoption of Decentralized Clinical Trials and Provides Policy Recommendations

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023
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Crowell Health Solutions published today a white paper outlining several policy recommendations to advance widespread adoption of decentralized clinical trials (DCTs).

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  • Crowell Health Solutions published today a white paper outlining several policy recommendations to advance widespread adoption of decentralized clinical trials (DCTs).
  • The white paper titled, "Advancing Adoption of Decentralized Clinical Trials: Rationale, Current State, and Policy Recommendations" examines the current environment on decentralized and hybrid clinical trials, including a discussion on benefits and challenges that DCTs may pose; existing legislation and regulation; and background on programs and policies, not specific to DCTs or clinical trials, that can be leveraged to support DCT adoption.
  • These recommendations were developed through rigorous discussions where health care industry stakeholders – patient and cancer advocacy groups, health care associations, pharmaceutical companies, and health technology companies – evaluated policy and clinical gaps in the current regulatory framework governing DCTs.
  • For additional information and to read the full white paper, visit Crowell Health Solutions .

Financial Services Litigator Joshua Sohn Joins Crowell & Moring

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Monday, November 13, 2023
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NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Joshua Sohn has joined Crowell & Moring, bringing more than 25 years of experience as a litigator handling a wide range of commercial and regulatory matters, including complex disputes involving financial services, real estate, construction, and securities. Joining him is a team of nine lawyers—one senior counsel, three counsel, and five associates.

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  • NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Joshua Sohn has joined Crowell & Moring, bringing more than 25 years of experience as a litigator handling a wide range of commercial and regulatory matters, including complex disputes involving financial services, real estate, construction, and securities.
  • A first-chair trial lawyer, Sohn litigates cases and argues appeals in New York state and federal courts, as well as nationally.
  • As a securities litigator, he advises clients on SEC enforcement actions and investigations, federal securities class actions, and directors' and officers' liability cases.
  • "I was drawn to Crowell because of its authentic, collaborative culture and the opportunity to play a role in expanding its New York commercial and financial services litigation practice," Sohn said.

Former DOJ Trial Attorney Michael Shaheen Returns to Crowell & Moring

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Thursday, November 9, 2023
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Michael Shaheen , former trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice Commercial Litigation Branch's Fraud Section, has rejoined Crowell & Moring.

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  • WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Michael Shaheen , former trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice Commercial Litigation Branch's Fraud Section, has rejoined Crowell & Moring.
  • Shaheen returns as a partner in the firm's Health Care Group where he will focus on False Claims Act cases and healthcare fraud and abuse.
  • While at the Justice Department, Shaheen's roles on False Claims Act cases ranged from lead investigator to first chair trial attorney.
  • He was an associate at an AmLaw 100 firm prior to joining the DOJ in 2014.