Articles

12.03.22

Unlocking the Metaverse’s Potential as a Real Estate Investment

Manatt Real Estate Partner Ted Hunter, Counsel Linda Rangel and incoming 2023 Associate Jimmy Yuen authored an article for VentureBeat about what the metaverse can learn from the traditional real estate industry in order to unlock its potential as a viable asset class and investment opportunity.In ...


12.02.22

How 6th Circ. Flint Ruling Adds To 5th Amendment Case Law

Manatt Litigation Partner Ronald Blum and Associate Rebecca Kimmel wrote an article for Law360 about the right of a witness both to testify and invoke the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination in the same litigation, analyzing a recent Sixth Circuit decision that explores this novel ...


11.30.22

In Whose Backyard?

In his latest Daily Journal column, Manatt Appellate Senior Counsel Michael Berger discussed a recent Los Angeles Superior Court ruling in which a property owner obtained permission to construct a 67-unit apartment building on a single family lot despite a conflict between the general planning ...


11.15.22

Tax Credit Alternatives in the Inflation Reduction Act

Impact Investing and Community Development Partner John Dalton and Tax Partner Megan Christensen co-authored an article for Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits on the extensions and new credits included in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and how its two options for monetizing credits may reshape ...


11.01.22

Dead Party, Dead Appeal

In their most recent column for Daily Journal, Manatt Appellate Partner Benjamin Shatz and Associate Benjamin Strauss discussed what happens when you combine death and appeals, and the consequences an unexpected death may have on a pending appeal.  Shatz and Strauss examined California ...


11.01.22

DOJ's Revised Corporate Prosecutions Policy: Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco's September 2022 ...

Investigations and White Collar Defense Partner Jacqueline Wolff and Litigation Law Clerk Emma Jogerst co-authored an article for Law.com on the DOJ Deputy Attorney General’s (DAG) recent memorandum on corporate prosecutions policy and how it can provide guidance for advising corporate ...


10.25.22

The Isolation of Remote Work Puts Young Employees Most At Risk. Here's What We Can Do About It.

In his latest Entrepreneur column, Manatt Digital and Technology Managing Director Kalon Gutierrez discusses how the isolation of remote work has affected the mental health of today’s younger workers and how business leaders can address growing feelings of loneliness among their ...


10.24.22

Real Estate Exactions – Again

In his most recent column in Daily Journal, Manatt Appellate Senior Counsel Michael Berger discussed a recent case involving exactions imposed as conditions to land use permits after the California Supreme Court failed to apply the exactions rules established by previous similar federal Supreme ...


10.04.22

Scare(y) Decisis: Reversing Rights and Wrongs

In his latest column for Daily Journal, Manatt Appellate Partner Benjamin Shatz explored the current state of stare decisis, its vertical and horizontal “flavors,” and the principle’s role in how and when courts decide to overrule precedent. Shatz explained that the policy of ...


10.04.22

Providing Reproductive Health Care Should Not Require a Legal Education

Manatt Health Associate Julian Polaris and Managing Director Naomi Newman published an opinion piece for MedPage Today about the evolving and uncertain legal landscape for health care providers and pregnant people seeking abortion services across state lines following the U.S. Supreme Court ...