Through the deep experience and relationships of its team, Manatt Digital Media will provide its clients the industry’s most comprehensive legal and business consulting services. It will also leverage its deep network of industry relationships for the benefit of its clients of every size and stage, from startups to growth-stage and mature public companies. Manatt’s clients will benefit from the firm’s unrivaled access to artists, deal-making prowess and proven litigation experience, focused on protecting innovation, defending brands and mitigating risk. Manatt Digital Media will also make digital media investments from the firm’s venture capital fund.

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The National Labor Relations Board has tried to provide some direction, but its rulings have at times been contradictory, thus confusing matters further. Many companies have social media policies in place, but there is as yet no guarantee that those policies will be enforceable, or even legal.

Manatt is closely monitoring this rapidly changing area of the law. We can help you tailor policies that are in step with the best practices we see in your industry. But more than that, we can place those policies within the broader context of everything we know about employment law. We are also uniquely suited to tap into our multidisciplinary expertise and ensure compliance with other areas of the law that may regulate social media policies, including advertising and media law. So as the law on social media evolves in all areas, your policies can evolve with it.

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Manatt has more than 400 attorneys and professionals, serving our clients from eight offices nationwide. While our size and scope have changed since our founding in 1965, our philosophy of client service has not. We are dedicated to solving complex problems and crafting innovative strategies for clients of all sizes across the country and abroad. Whether you are a start-up, a middle-market player competing for industry share, or a public company at the top of the Fortune 500, we share your priorities and will treat your goals, deadlines, and investments as if they are our own. 

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 Although the new FCPA guidelines brought clarity to some of the DOJ’s priorities and procedures, it did not alleviate all the day-to-day issues that every multinational conducting business in the real world faces. For that, you need sound advice from lawyers who have a long history of working closely with companies of all sizes, helping them to navigate the corruption laws and remain compliant, while, at the same time, remain competitive.

At Manatt, our attorneys are thoroughly familiar with the FCPA. We can advise you proactively, showing you how to set up compliance procedures to help you safely manage your dealings overseas.  And if you somehow run afoul of the Act, we have the resources and experience to aggressively defend your company and present your case to the government or if, necessary, a jury.

In other words, we can help you guide you through the DOJ’s guidance.

The New FCPA Guidance: DOJ and SEC's Views on Hospitality, Instrumentalities, Successor Liability, and Compliance

President Obama's re-election guarantees that implementation of national healthcare reform will proceed, and makes it likely that the ACA's expansion of private and public sector coverage will take place on time in 2014. According to the most recent estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), this means that, starting in 2014, nine million Americans will get their health insurance through health insurance exchanges, with that number growing to 25 million by 2017. It will also mean that, in 2014, millions of people will join Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program's (CHIP) current 35 million beneficiaries. In 2014 alone, these changes will add approximately $51 billion to the federal government's healthcare spending to bring it to nearly $950 billion.  Read more

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