Articles

05.22.19

EPA Dips Toes Into PFAS Drinking Water

“On April 25, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Draft Interim Recommendations to Address Groundwater Contaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) for public review and comment. The comment period ends on June 10, ...


05.21.19

To Break Up the Boys’ Club, Ladies, Why Not Start Your Own Venture Capital Firm?

Manatt’s Lisa Suennen, leader of the digital and technology group, wrote a piece for Entrepreneur magazine on why more women should start venture capital firms.  


05.10.19

Safe Harbor Reform in the United States: The Time is Now

“Recent news of the European Union directive related to active measures online service providers (or “OSPs”) must now take to police infringement on their sites has re-sparked a similar discussion in the United States, notably with the recent Copyright Office panel discussions ...


05.10.19

Foreign Banks Should Remain Wary of U.S. Sanctions Laws

While major enforcement actions against foreign banks for U.S. sanctions violations appear to have subsided over the past few years, recent settlements of sanctions-related claims against three large foreign banks remind us that federal and state authorities continue to aggressively monitor ...


05.08.19

California’s New Extended Producer Responsibility Program for Home-Generated Pharmaceutical and ...

“The sale of needles (sharps) and pharmaceutical drugs in California, based on national figures, is estimated to be on the order of $50 billion per year—and these are the latest consumer products to be subject to California’s expanding Extended Producer Responsibility ...


05.07.19

Abbreviated Justice

“California courts generally decide appeals with written decisions, but memorandum opinions do exist under California law. The big payoff in an appeal is the court’s opinion.”  


04.29.19

Impeachment Is Not the Only Way

Bruce Gyory, a senior advisor in the government and regulatory group, wrote for Newsday on debate among House Democrats about whether to bring impeachment charges against President Donald Trump.  


04.17.19

Missed Opportunity to Align State and Federal Takings Law

“It is truly a shame to see the California Supreme Court walk right up to the edge of aligning state and federal constitutional law -- and then back away. Yet the court recently did just that.”  


04.16.19

Work Requirements Litigation

Michael Kolber and Deborah Bachrach, partners in Manatt Health, wrote for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Health and Value Strategies program on a recent Medicaid work requirement ruling in Kentucky and what it could mean for other states considering similar programs.


04.09.19

Insight: Supreme Court’s Lorenzo Ruling—Questions Remain on Interpretation

“The U.S. Supreme Court handed the Securities and Exchange Commission a big win on March 27 in Lorenzo v. SEC, by expanding liability for securities fraud cases based on misstatements and omissions.“In Lorenzo, the court significantly broadened the reach of the SEC’s anti-fraud ...