Articles

04.29.21

Problems Plague California’s Hazardous Waste VSP System

Matthew Williamson examines California Department of Toxic Substances Control’s novel permitting and enforcement scheme impacting all permitted hazardous waste facilities in the state as the program enters year three.


04.19.21

ADA Ruling Highlights Circuit Conflict Over Web Accessibility

In an article for Law360, Manatt litigation Partner Donald Brown examined a recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit decision, which held that grocery store chain Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. does not need to make its website accessible to blind people. “In a case closely watched by ...


04.16.21

Prop 65 Cannabis Warnings Provide Clarity, But With Conditions

Manatt Partners Peter Duchesneau and Anita Famili co-authored an article for Daily Journal, which detailed the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s (OEHHA) proposed modifications to its regulations for Proposition 65 safe ...


02.02.21

Conduct Unappealing

Manatt appellate partner Benjamin Shatz authored an article for Daily Journal about seeking appellate review of contempt orders in California, especially those issued during remote court appearances amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In the article, Shatz broke down the—often confusing and ...


01.29.21

NY Trial Court Rule Changes Will Streamline Civil Practice

Manatt Financial Services partner Andrew Morrison and managing attorney Anthony Staltari authored an article for Law360 highlighting 12 interesting changes that will occur following Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks’ recent administrative order amending the Uniform Civil Rules for the ...


01.27.21

Possibly the US Supreme Court’s Next Takings Case

Manatt appellate senior counsel Michael Berger authored an article for Daily Journal about the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ Bridge Aina Le'a v. State of Hawaii Land Use Commission takings case, which is currently pending petition for certiorari in the U.S. ...


01.22.21

California's Role in the New Biden Administration

This article, published in the Los Angeles Times on January 17, 2021, highlights the role that California will play in the new Biden Administration.


01.19.21

Addressing the Security Risks of University Foreign Funding

Manatt partners Scott Lashway and Richard Hartunian and special counsel Matthew Stein authored an article for Law360 about the security risks associated with U.S. colleges and universities accepting foreign funding. In particular, the article discussess three things that higher education ...


01.15.21

CFPB's Busy 2020 May Foretell Regulatory Uptick Ahead

Manatt Financial Services partner Richard Gottlieb authored an article for Law360 discussing top 2020 CFPB developments as well as what he expects to see in 2021. In the article, Gottlieb noted how the CFPB under the Biden administration might differ from what we saw under the Trump administration, ...


01.14.21

The Logistics of COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution: Los Angeles

Government and regulatory partner Brandon Young and associate Jacob Itzkowitz authored an article for Daily Journal about the distribution plans for the COVID-19 vaccine in Los Angeles. In the article, the authors discussed how the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health plans to carry out ...