Navigate Regulations

Complex regulations can often present some of the most difficult challenges an early-stage company will face.

For emerging businesses, regulatory requirements not only pose compliance challenges—they can make companies vulnerable to costly disputes, sidetrack innovation, and potentially put core operations at risk.

GrowthStudio partners with our team of more than 350 lawyers in Washington D.C. to guide clients through the complex enforcement actions and courtroom battles that arise across varied subject matters and industries, leveraging a robust presence in the epicenter of the nation’s regulatory ecosystem. Our team offers a broad range of experience for our clients in many of the most commonly encountered regulatory scenarios, with particularly deep experience in antitrust regulation, advertising and brand protection, energy, environment and natural resources, financial services, healthcare, international trade, intellectual property, labor & employment, privacy and cybersecurity, and transportation.

Separately, early-stage companies contemplating (or actively) conducting business with the U.S. Government face additional unique compliance requirements and regulatory risks.  These include national defense/foreign espionage concerns, fraudulent certification issues, contract compliance requirements, organizational conflicts of interest limits, Government gift prohibitions, and beyond.  Further, the U.S. Government has unique enforcement tools, such as the False Claims Act, which present significant risks for companies that fail to take adequate measures to comply.  GrowthStudio routinely partners with Crowell’s elite, nation-leading Government Contracts practice to assist our clients in the full-spectrum potential regulatory concerns.

We have experience working with almost every major federal and state regulatory department and agency, including, but not limited to:

• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
• Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
• Department of Defense (DOD)
• Department of Energy (DOE)
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Department of Labor (DOL)
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Department of Transportation (DOT)
• Department of the Treasury (TREAS)
• Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
• Government Accountability Office (GAO)
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
• National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
• National Security Agency (NSA)
• Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)